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Papers by Süleyman Toy

Doğu coğrafya dergisi, Jun 5, 2024

DergiPark (Istanbul University), Jan 19, 2024

The case studies in the literature and the reports prepared by international organizations indica... more The case studies in the literature and the reports prepared by international organizations indicate that the vulnerability level of women to climate change-related hazards and risks is considerably high. In addition, it is mentioned in the literature that women's participation in both the development and implementation of mitigation and adaptation actions to be taken against climate change will yield more positive outcomes. It is seen when considered the impact chain analyses described in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that there is still a need to propose methods and data sets which involve the transformation of the required parameters to be used for the determination of women's vulnerability levels to climate change under specific factor groups into data and the determination of the vulnerability levels through concrete indicators by weighting these data. Therefore, the aim of this study is to propose parameters, data, and data sources that can be used in the impact chain analysis of women's vulnerability in Turkey using the methodology developed to analyse the vulnerability of various sectors and themes to climate change. For this purpose, a methodology combining the PESTEL technique, initially used in the external environmental analysis of private sector companies, with the impact chain analysis conducted within the scope of climate change to determine the parameter classes in the most comprehensive way and a data set is described to contribute to the modelling studies that provide concrete and comparative insights into the women's vulnerability to climate change.

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

According to United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), tourism offers all over the world... more According to United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), tourism offers all over the world cultural, environmental and social (peace and security) benefits, as well as provides employment (creating jobs), economic growth and development. Tourism accounted for 1/10 of jobs created in the world, 10% of the World's GDP (1.6 trillion by 2030 1.8 US Dollars), 7% of all exports, and 30% of all service exports in the world in 2017. Tourism grows the fastest with oil, food and automotive industries all over the world by increasing the number of destinations and income sources of most developing countries and supporting several sectors from construction to agriculture or telecommunications. In such a vitally important sector, competition among destinations is inevitable and its economic contribution is related to the service quality and the high revenues. In such a high competition, every type of potential or resource is given to the benefit of the tourism sector and used in promotional materials even, marketing and branding efforts e.g. quality of the snow cover or sun and beaches. Climate characteristics are vitally important for tourism to ensure both loyalty and branding and incomes. For nearly 50 years several climate indices on tourism have been developed to show the advantages of climatic characteristics at a given tourist destination. This study aims to analyse the climate of Erzurum city, a winter destination, through Climate and Tourism Information Schemes (CTIS) based mainly on bioclimatic comfort conditions as well as effective climatic parameters on tourism differently from other indices. Results show that even though bioclimatic comfort values address extreme cold stress in the winter tourism season, the area is suitable for winter tourism when considering other climatic parameters. It can be stated as a conclusion that a unique tourism climate index to Turkey should be developed by taking into account the prevalent tourism types mainly winter and 3-S tourism. The tourism sector has been the fastest-growing one over the last 30 to 40 years and contributing larger to the socioeconomic development of nations compared to other outstanding sectors. With such a big capacity tourism may constitute the main revenue source for several developing countries. An increase in the present and prospected number of tourists and the amount of tourism revenue has caused a boom in also the number and variety of candidate destinations and keen rivalry between them. Service quality and accordingly the tourism income deeply affect the tourism's contributions to national economies. According to UNWTO (2019a), the sector accounted for 7% of total global exports, 30% of service exports and 10% of world GDP and one-tenth of the employment in the world in 2018. Visitor numbers all over the world rose by 5% in 2018 to 1.451 billion and the sector produced a revenue reaching USD 1.7 trillion (UNWTO, 2019b). Climatic characteristics are known to have affected and shaped all human activities and behaviours together with physical properties throughout human history. Well, known examples of the climatic impact on humans are on public health, urbanisation, economic activities like agriculture depending especially on outdoor and atmospheric activities. Therefore, humans have survived their lives, not in conflict but convenience with climatic conditions since their first existence on the earth by developing adaptation to the atmospheric environment until the Industrial Revolution nearly 200 years before.

Ata planlama ve tasarım dergisi, Jun 30, 2019

Turkish Regional Development Agencies Regional Policies NUTS II Regions Air Transportation Region... more Turkish Regional Development Agencies Regional Policies NUTS II Regions Air Transportation Regional Development Plan Turkey's interest in planned regional development is new. Turkey adopted European Union's regional policies in 2002 (statistical territorial units; NUTS). Then the country was categorised into 12 NUTS I, 26 NUTS II and 81 NUTS III (provinces) based on some statistical, socioeconomic and geographical data. In 2006, two pilot Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) were founded in the country. After that, in 2008 officially then 2010 actively, other 24 RDAs were also founded and started to work. As soon as they started their actions, among their first works are regional development plans (RDP), which tried to determine socioeconomic development potentials of the regions and policies to activate them with the collaboration of local actors, e.g. private sector representatives, public institutions and NGOs. So far, the RDAs in Turkey have prepared two RDPs, one for 2011-2013 term and the other for 2014-2023. RDPs include all types of socioeconomic development strategies together with a predetermined vision by locals through several different ways and methods. This study tries to determine the views of RDPs belonging to different NUTS II Regions of Turkey about the development of air transportation and aviation activities by considering their visions, objectives, targets and strategies.

Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi, Jan 10, 2011

Kent akademisi, Jun 15, 2022

İklim değişikliği küresel bir problemdir. Türkiye ise iklim değişikliğinin çeşitli tehlikelerle g... more İklim değişikliği küresel bir problemdir. Türkiye ise iklim değişikliğinin çeşitli tehlikelerle günlük yaşamı etkilemeye başladığı ülkelerden biridir. Bu soruna önerilecek çözüm önerilerinden biri eğitim faaliyetleridir. Türkiye ise genç nüfus oranının AB deki diğer ülkelere göre daha yüksek olduğu bir ülkedir. Bu nedenle eğitim faaliyetlerine gençlerden başlamak gerekmektedir. Gençlere verilecek eğitim faaliyetleri ile doğru tutum ve yaşam biçimleri geliştirilerek farkındalıkları artırılarak çözümler üretilebilir. Yapılan bu çalışmaya, Atatürk Üniversitesinin İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler (Kamu Yönetimi, Ekonomi ve İşletme bölümleri), Edebiyat (sosyoloji ve coğrafya bölümleri; öğrenciler), Mimarlık ve Tasarım (Şehir ve Bölge Planlama, Mimarlık, Peyzaj Mimarlığı Bölümleri), Hukuk, Ziraat ve Turizm fakülteleri dahil edilmiştir. Bu fakültelerin farklı bölümlerinden toplam 60 öğrenci eğitime katılmıştır. Eğitim programı 3 gün devam etmiştir. Eğitim sırasında ön anket ve son anketler yapılarak eğitim faaliyetlerinin katılımcı öğrenciler üzerinde etkisi araştırılmıştır. Araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre, eğitimlerin katılımcı öğrencilerde iklim değişikliğinin nedenleri, etkileri ve sorunlara karşı alınması gereken önlemler konusunda önemli düzeyde farkındalık oluşturduğu belirlenmiştir.

DergiPark (Istanbul University), Jan 30, 2016

Büyüme kutupları oluşturmak adına yerleşim yerlerinin kademelemesine dayalı olarak Türk planlama ... more Büyüme kutupları oluşturmak adına yerleşim yerlerinin kademelemesine dayalı olarak Türk planlama otoriteleri ve resmi yetkililer Doğu

DergiPark (Istanbul University), Apr 1, 2016

Once popular and now effective, the theory of Growth Poles found places in many countries' region... more Once popular and now effective, the theory of Growth Poles found places in many countries' regional development agenda to some extents. Turkey is among the countries, which tried to give emphasis on the Theory since its adoption by the world, in especially its development plans and studies preparing ground for the Theory. However, after a long preparation process, Turkey decided to support financially the Theory by determining 12 city centres as Attraction Centres (AC) in less developed regions in a program i.e. Supporting Program for Attraction Centres (SPAC). Present study aims to give brief information about the theory of GP, mention about its reflection on Turkey as AC and summarize the results of the application of AC approach by looking inside a financial support program for ACs, SPAC.

Kent akademisi, Sep 15, 2021

Megaron, 2016

Oltu taşı ulusal ve uluslararası süs taşı sektöründe tanınan ve dünyada sadece Türkiye'de çıkarıl... more Oltu taşı ulusal ve uluslararası süs taşı sektöründe tanınan ve dünyada sadece Türkiye'de çıkarılan yarı-değerli, işlenebilir-parlatılabilir bir taştır. Tarih boyunca Anadolu'da kullanılan ve yöreye özgü önemli bir ekonomik uğraş olan taşın ticareti XVIII. yüzyıl sonlarında başlamış ve Cumhuriyet döneminde gelişme göstermiştir. İklim şartları ve coğrafi özellikler nedeniyle tarım dışında ekonomik faaliyetlerin (sanayi ve turizm gibi) yeterli olmadığı bölgede Oltu taşının sektör olarak gelişmesi sosyoekonomik kalkınma açısından önemlidir. Oltu taşı işlemeciliği yüzyıllardır yöre insanı tarafından ilkel ve basit yöntemlerle ve yetersiz altyapı imkanlarıyla tek kişilik atölyelerde yürütülmektedir. Tamamen el ustalığı ile üretilen Oltu taşı ürünlerin geleneksel üretim yöntemleri ve satış stratejileri ile ulusal pazarda rekabet edebilirliği azalmakta ve gelir getirici özelliği kalmamaktadır. Bu durum sektörde çalışan insan işgücünün hızla azalmasına neden olmaktadır. Oltu taşı ürünlerin ulusal pazardan pay alması ve sektörde çalışan işgücünün devamlılığının sağlanmasına yönelik olarak ürün farklılaştırma ve yeniden konumlandırma stratejilerinin uygulanması pek çok çalışmada önerilmektedir. Bu çalışma ile Oltu taşı sektöründe hammadde temininden satış sonrası hizmete kadar tüm değer faaliyetlerinin ve faaliyetler arasındaki ilişkilerin ortaya konulması, her bir faaliyet için sorunların analiz edilmesi ve değer oluşturmak için gerekli stratejilerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi İşletme Fakültesi dergisi, Dec 14, 2016

The acceptance of the idea that regions can develop socioeconomically using their own potentials ... more The acceptance of the idea that regions can develop socioeconomically using their own potentials and dynamics and thus reducing interregional disparities has been steering the contemporary regional planning approach since the first half of last century. In Turkey, upon the adoption of regional development policies applied in European Union in the accession process, which include the nomenclature of units

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Feb 14, 2023

Tourism is the one of the most competitive sectors in the world and climate serves as potential a... more Tourism is the one of the most competitive sectors in the world and climate serves as potential and source for tourism on one side and natural barrier for some outdoor activities on the other. Outdoor thermal conditions are important for tourist satisfaction. Therefore, several tourism-climate indices include this parameter as a component. Mediterranean basin harbours world famous summer and cultural tourism destinations among others and climate change is expected to affect the region including the third primary destination of Turkey. The aim of this study is to analyse human thermal comfort conditions, combined effect of atmospheric elements on humans, in the southwest part of Turkey, world-famous summer tourism region using Physiologically Equivalent Temperature (PET) and Mean Radiant Temperature (Tmrt) values and Geographic Information System (GIS) as tool to show their spatial distribution as a component of tourism climate indices. As the result of the study, the most in uential factors on human thermal comfort conditions are marine effect e.g. sea breezes, humidity, air movement and dense urbanisation around the meteorological stations established in 12 districts. Suggestions to reduce high PET and Tmrt values are offered in the study.

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Oct 29, 2016

Human thermal comfort conditions can be evaluated using various indices based on simple empirical... more Human thermal comfort conditions can be evaluated using various indices based on simple empirical approaches or more complex and reliable humanbiometeorological approaches. The latter is based on the energy balance model of the human body, and their calculation is supplemented with computer software. Facilitating the interpretation of results, the generally applied indices express the effects of thermal environment in the well-known temperature unit, just like in the case of the widely used index, the physiologically equivalent temperature (PET). Several studies adopting PET index for characterizing thermal components of climate preferred to organize the resulted PET values into thermal sensation categories in order to demonstrate the spatial and/or temporal characteristics of human thermal comfort conditions. The most general applied PET ranges were derived by Central European researchers, and they are valid for assumed values of internal heat production of light activity and thermal resistance of clothing representing a light business suit. Based on the example of Erzurum city, the present work demonstrates that in a city with harsh winter, the original PET ranges show almost purely discomfort and they seem to be less applicable regarding cold climate conditions. Taking into account 34-year climate data of Erzurum, the annual distribution of PET is presented together with the impact of application of different PET categorization systems, including 8°-and 7°-wide PET intervals. The demonstrated prior analyses lack any questionnaire filed surveys in Erzurum. Thus, as a next step, detailed field investigations would be required with the aim of definition of new PET categorization systems which are relevant for local residents who are adapted to this climatic background, and for tourists who may perform various kinds of winter activities in Erzurum and therefore may perceive the thermal environment more comfortable.

Turkiye, cok basarili sonuclar elde edememis olmakla birlikte, planlama ve planli kalkinma konusu... more Turkiye, cok basarili sonuclar elde edememis olmakla birlikte, planlama ve planli kalkinma konusunda dunya ile kiyaslandiginda cok da geriden gelmemektedir. Bu cabalar Osmanli Imparatorlugu’nun son yillarinda kent icerisinde mahalle olcekli planlardan baslayarak Cumhuriyetin ilk yillarindaki devletci kalkinma cabalarinin neden oldugu sanayilesme ile devam etmis ve 1960’ta Devlet Planlama Teskilatinin kurulmasi ile belirli bir olgunluga erismistir. Ozellikle 2000’lerden sonra Avrupa Birligine Uyum Sureci ile beraber Istatistiki Bolge Birimleri Siniflandirmasi ve olusturulan birim kademeleri ile bunlar icerisinde sosyo-ekonomik kalkinmayi atesleyecek bolgesel kalkinma ajanslarinin kurulmasi kalkinmayi bolgesel ve yerel duzeyde planlama ile tanistirmistir. Ozellikle 2006 yilinda Kalkinma Ajanslarinin kurulmasi ve calismaya baslayarak Duzey 2 Bolgeleri icin planlar hazirlamasiyla birlikte Turkiye planlama tarihinde yeni bir donem baslamistir.Bu calismanin amaci, Turkiye’de kuruluslari oldukca yakin zamana dayanan kalkinma ajanslarindan kisaca bahsederek bu ajanslardan biri olan Kuzeydogu Anadolu Kalkinma Ajansinin yaptigi ornek bir uygulamayi (Kuzeydogu Anadolu Bolgesi Inovasyona Dayali Bolgesel Turizm Stratejisi ve Eylem Plani 2012 – 2023; IDBTSEP) ele almaktir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Bolgesel kalkinma, kalkinma ajansi, Kuzeydogu Anadolu Bolgesi, Inovasyona Dayali Turizm Stratejisi ve Eylem Plani JEL: R10, R11, R19, Z32

DergiPark (Istanbul University), Jun 30, 2019

Journal of environmental and natural studies, Apr 20, 2021

The aim of this study is to emphasize the importance of environmentally friendly green building a... more The aim of this study is to emphasize the importance of environmentally friendly green building applications emerging as the result of expanding concept, sustainability. The importance of the sustainability has increased rapidly in recent years. Considering the changing climatic conditions with the effect of global warming and the increasing population of the world in recent years the other aim of the study is to introduce the certification systems used in these applications and to evaluate the green building projects implemented in Turkey together with the exemplary green building projects in the world, in terms of sustainability principles, and to examine them specifically for Sivas Hobbit Hillside Houses. Green building projects implemented in the country and the world were evaluated through the concept of sustainability. Within the scope of the evaluated projects, the Hobbit Hillside Houses in Sivas were examined and suggestions were developed for the city. As a first step, the concepts of sustainability and green building in the literature are explained. In the second stage, an evaluation was made about Sivas Hobbit Houses and suggestions were presented. In the study, the concept of green building was evaluated and it was aimed to understand the level of Sivas Hobbit Hillside Houses within the framework of energy saving and sustainability principles.