Although efficient use of stock is an important issue of housing economics and
policies, there is very little research on the subject in Turkey. This study aims to
investigate the stock efficiency in Turkey by measuring the degree to which the
housing stock matches household size. Distributions between dwelling units and
the households in terms of their size are investigated for this purpose. The stock is
studied within three zones of occupational density: comfort, overcrowding and
underoccupation, according to international occupancy standards. The findings
reveal that the rapid rise in underoccupation in the stock is the dominant character
of housing in Turkey, which is a result of housing system producing larger and
larger dwellings despite the declining average household size in the country. The
analyses in the province center level show that there are great differences between
the western and eastern parts of the country. Reasons of overcrowding and
underoccupation are also investigated by means of regression analysis. Tenure,
income level and proportion of gecekondu emerge as the most effective variables
in explaining the differentiation of overcrowding and underoccupation across
province centers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1005636/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2003 |
| Creators | Oguz, Saygin Can |
| Contributors | Balamir, Murat |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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