1st Istanbul International Geography Congress Proceedings Book
The relation between urban development and geographic conditions in Geyve
Hamza Akengin, Begüm EkiciThe process of urbanization in the world gained new momentum following the Industrial Revolution. This movement was apparent across Belgium, France, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom, in particular, from the 1850s. In Turkey, urbanization began at a considerably later time compared to Europe, namely, in the 1950s. Currently, population movements toward cities have been taking place both worldwide and in Turkey, and such movements are expected to increase in the future. Consequently, studies on cities constituting dynamic areas have a crucial role in terms of planning the cities of the future. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the urban development of Geyve, previously an Anatolian town, and the geographic conditions of the site at which it was founded as well as the advantages and disadvantages created by its geographic environment. Given the scarcity of studies on the urban geography of Geyve, the present research addresses a gap in the literature. This study was designed to employ a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods and sought to answer the following important research question: “Is there a relation between the development of the city of Geyve and its geographic conditions?”