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DOI :10.26650/siyasal.2022.31.1100849   IUP :10.26650/siyasal.2022.31.1100849    Full Text (PDF)

A New Institutional Sustainability Index Regarding Local Governments: The Case of Istanbul

Uğur Arcagök, Çiğdem Arıcıgil Çilan

The literature on institutional sustainability has largely focused on global-based analysis, and it has generally ignored to examine local-based analyses. The main purpose of this study was to measure the institutional sustainability of local governments. In this research, the intention was to develop an institutional sustainability index based on the district municipalities in the province of Istanbul, which is one of the most significant metropolises in the world. A total of 48 variables were used in the calculation of the General Institutional Sustainability Index (social dimension with 26 variables, economic dimension with 15 variables, and environmental dimension with 7 variables). The index consists of 3 sub-indexes comprising the general institutional sustainability index. The social dimension was examined in 6 sub-dimensions, the economic dimension in 5 sub-dimensions, and the environmental dimension in 4 sub-dimensions. The results indicate that Istanbul municipalities achieved low economic and environmental sustainability index scores. Decision-makers will be able to assess the general institutional sustainability index results for their own municipalities and to observe strong and weak aspects with the sub-indexes. In the process of developing the index, missing value analysis, cluster analysis, principal component analysis, and the composite index calculation methods were applied to data from 39 district municipalities in the province of Istanbul.

Keywords: Indicators, Multivariate Analysis, Institutional Sustainability, Sustainable Development and Municipality Sustainability
DOI :10.26650/siyasal.2022.31.1100849   IUP :10.26650/siyasal.2022.31.1100849    Full Text (PDF)

Yeni Bir Kurumsal Sürdürülebilirlik Endeksi: İstanbul Örneği

Uğur Arcagök, Çiğdem Arıcıgil Çilan

Kurumsal sürdürülebilirlik literatürü büyük ölçüde küresel temelli analizlere odaklanmış ve genellikle yerel temelli analizleri incelemeyi göz ardı etmiştir. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, yerel yönetimlerin kurumsal sürdürülebilirliğini ölçmektir. Bu araştırmada, dünyanın en önemli metropollerinden biri olan İstanbul ilindeki ilçe belediyelerine dayalı bir kurumsal sürdürülebilirlik endeksi geliştirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Genel Kurumsal Sürdürülebilirlik Endeksi hesaplamasında toplam 48 değişken kullanılmıştır (sosyal boyut 26 değişken, ekonomik boyut 15 değişken, çevresel boyut 7 değişken). Endeks, genel kurumsal sürdürülebilirlik endeksini içeren 3 alt endeksten (sosyal, ekonomik ve çevresel) oluşmaktadır. Sosyal boyut 6 alt başlıkta, ekonomik boyut 5 alt başlıkta ve çevresel boyut 4 alt başlıkta incelenmiştir. Sonuçlar, İstanbul belediyelerinin düşük ekonomik ve çevresel sürdürülebilirlik endeks skoru elde ettiğini göstermektedir. Karar vericiler, kendi belediyeleri için genel kurumsal sürdürülebilirlik endeksi sonuçlarını değerlendirebilecek ve alt endeksler ile güçlü ve zayıf yönleri gözlemleyebileceklerdir. Endeksin geliştirilme sürecinde, İstanbul ilindeki 39 ilçe belediyesinden alınan verilere Eksik Gözlem Analizi, Kümeleme Analizi, Temel Bileşenler Analizi ve Bileşik Endeks Hesaplama yöntemleri uygulanmıştır.

Keywords: Göstergeler, Çok Değişkenli Analiz, Kurumsal Sürdürülebilirlik, Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma ve Belediye Sürdürülebilirliği

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Submitted12.04.2022
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Published Online08.11.2022

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