The traditional way of industrial production has transformed into high added-value products and services sector while the geography of manufacturing has been changing accordingly. On the other hand, both determinants and impacts of industrial location decisions and agglomeration economies have...

This article investigates current age cohort effects on regional migration in Turkey and compares the results of this study with the results of a similar study made for the period of 1985-1990. It has been widely investigated in developed countries for years whereas it is more recent subject in...

A growing body of theoretical contributions and empirical studies has explored how the spatial distribution of public resources and governmental transfers is likely to be driven by efficiency and equity, as well as by political considerations. This article applies this line of research to...

Global climate change is one of the most important and complex problem challenging the world community. The impact of the climate change on the nature and human kind will likely be destructive. Even though the international community is aware of consequences, there is still a lack of political...

This paper employs a beta convergence analysis for the regional employment rates in the agriculture, industry and services sectors in Turkey during 2004-2011. After performing a standard seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) model for the sectoral equations, spatial variations are also taken into...

Currently there are more than 15.4 million Refugees in the world (UNHCR, 2012 ). They are amongst the most vulnerable groups of people and in desperate situations fearing persecution in their country of origin. Governments and international agencies though are facing the twin problems of...

Turkey enjoys a strategic location, with the potential to play a pivotal role in regional and global integration. The important energy, trade and transport networks which connect west to east and north to south are keys to unleashing this potential. Recent economic and political developments...

While urban regeneration in Turkey emerges as an effective method of intervention in the transformation of urban space into areas of attraction for the global capital, intervention areas are defined as squatter housing areas where degradation process is visible, the population of which gradually...

The importance of political local coalitions in shaping local governance structures conducive to economic growth has been a subject of research for numerous years, both in rich economies as well as in emerging countries. In spite of such amount of research, little attention has yet been paid to...

The importance of entrepreneurship in a social structure results from the characteristics of entrepreneurs in determining the needs of a society and making investments in that area. Therefore, entrepreneurship is one of the most important factors of the progress for any social structure. On the...