Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi

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As of 1980’s, the demand for industrialisation from the private sector, accompanied by incentives, has led to settlement on farmlands in many cities. Kahramanmaraş city is one of these cities. In 1970’s, considering the means of transportation facilities, Sümerbank, a state-owned enterprise, was established on a farmland, and beginning from the year 1980, the private sector has * Yrd. Doç. Dr. KSÜ, İİBF, Sosyal Hizmet Bölümü, * Bu çalışma, International Workshop on Urbanisation, Land Use, Land Degradation, and Environment (ule2009) 28 September-01 October 2009, Denizli/Turkey’de sunulmuş olan “Socio-Economic Effects of Irregular Settlement and Industrialization on Land Use: The Research of Kahramanmaraş Urban Area” başlıklı bildirinin Türkçe çevirisidir. followed the fashion and today, the Kahramanmaraş Plain is covered by factories and settlement areas in substantial numbers. This study deals with land use patterns in the urban area of Kahramanmaraş after immigration from rural areas into urban areas along with the industrialisation process as of 1980’s. Also, the socio-economical impacts and soil losses, the two outcomes of unplanned industrialisation and building, are discussed in the context of the urban area of Kahramanmaraş. In various studies, it was calculated to have been at a rate ranging from 11% to 14% in Kahramanmaraş city by the year 2000. This study reveals that the increased occupation of farmlands year by year has brought forth material losses, irregular and unplanned urbanisation, environmental pollution, and the deprivation of utility services by settlers. The concept of the deprivation of utility services also covers the deprivation of education and qualificationsbuilding services; being under-qualified individuals, those living in the mentioned areas often work in the informal sector.