Ayşe GEDİK, Professor

B. Arch., M.C.P., METU; PhD, University of Washington (Seattle)

Department of City and Regional Planning
Faculty of Architecture METU Ankara 06531

Phone: + 90 312 210 6202, 210 2204, 0533 520 59 82
E-mail: gedik@metu.edu.tr

Research interests: Migration and urban systems (in relation with the level of national development, international comparative analysis, especially between Turkey and Japan), Inter-regional disparities and the significance of socio-demographic factors

Current Projects:

Rural-to-Urban Migration in Turkey during the Past Thirty Years: 1965-2000 (Son Otuz yil boyunca Turkiyedeki Kir-Kent Gocu: 1965-2000), Mirekoc

Inter-regional Disparities: 1990 and 2000 (Bölgeler Arası Farklılaşma: 1990 ve 2000) , METU

Changes in the migration during course of national development: Test of Zelinsky's theory of mobility transition, Turkey and Japan, 1955-2000 (Gelisme surecinde goc olgusundaki degisimler ("mobility transition"): Zelinsky'nin teorisinin Turkiye ve Japonya datasi ile test edilmesi, 1965-2000)

Net migration in Turkey in the scale of NUTS, 1965-2000 (Net gocler:NUTS olceginde, 1965-2000)

Taught Courses:
CRP 524 Application of advanced statistical methods and techniques to city and regional planning
CRP 564 Urban systems and national development
CRP 423 Application of statistical methods and techniques to city and regional planning
CRP 425 Application of demographic techniques to Turkish data
CRP 371 Methods and techniques of planning

Awards, Fellowships, and Research grants:

Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan, Spring semester, 2005 (Host professor: Prof. Dr. Yuji Murayama).

International Prize of Environmental Creation, University of Hokkaido, Japan, May, 1997.

Japan Foundation Fellow (Visiting Professor), Dept. of Environmental Earth Sciences, University of Hokkaido, Japan, September 1997-August 1998 (Host professor: Prof. Dr. Etsuo Yamamura).

Visiting Research Fellow, The Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences, Canberra, Summer 1996 (Host professor: Prof. Dr. Gavin Jones).

Japan Society of Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) Short-term Fellowship (Visiting Professor), Dept. of Environmental Earth Sciences, University of Hokkaido, Japan, May-August 1994 (Host professor: Prof. Dr. Etsuo Yamamura).

Visiting Research Fellow (VRF), Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, Japan, March-August 1993 (Host scientist: Yasushi Hazama).

Visiting Professor. Institüt für Bevölkerungsforschung und Sozialpolitik, Universitat Bielefeld, Germany, November 1984 (Host professor: Professor Dr Herwig Birg).

MEAWARDS, Ford Foundation-Population Council-IDRC, November 1984-September 1987, "Recent Developments and Possible Future Trends in Urban Growth in Turkey".

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS), University of Tsukuba, Japan, April 1978-January 1980 (Host professor: Prof. Dr. Koichi Mera).

Graduate School Special Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, January-March 1977 and July-August 1977.

Ford Foundation Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, June-December 1976, and April-June 1977.

American Research Institute in Turkey, University of Washington, Seattle, June-September 1975.

American Business Women Association, University of Washington, Seattle, June-September 1975.

Richard King Mellon Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, October 1973-June 1974.

Graduate School Student Fellowship, Middle East Technical University,
Ankara, Turkey, October 1968-September 1971.

Editorial responsibilities:

International Environment Creation (Japan): European editor,

Migration Letters (UK): Editorial Board,

Population, Space and Place (UK; SSCI): International Advisory Board

Note: Visit Population, Space, and Place online at
www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/psp


Associational affiliations:

RSAI (Regional Science Association, International)
IUSSP (International Union for Scientific Study of Population)
EAPS (European Association for Population Study)
IGU (International Geographical Union)
ISA (International Sociological Association)

TMMOB (Association of Turkish City Planners and Engineers)
SBD (Association of Social Scientists in Turkey)
ND (Nüfusbilim Derneği)

Selected Publications:


"Differential Urbanization in Turkey, 1955-90," in Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geographie, 2003, Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 100-11. Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (DU_Tijd_2003 (CD 1))

"Mobility Transition (Test of Zelinsky's Theory) and Economic and Demographic Factors: Japan and Turkey, 1955-90" in Sustainable Human Settlements: The Asia Experience, eds. Ranvinder Singh Sandhu, Sarup Singh, Jasmeet Sandhu, 2001, pp. 413-434, Jaipur, India: Rawat Pub. Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (Zel_Hint_2001 (CD 1))

"The Importance of Socio-Demographic Indicators in Regional Disparities in Turkey, 1990-94," (together with N.Şahin and S.Süer) in International Journal of Environmental Creation, 2000, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 89-102, Japan. Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (SosEkon_J-12_2000_AGSSNS (CD 1))

"Comparative Study of Migration Between Turkey and Japan Based on the Model Reference Adaptive Theory," International Journal of Environmental Creation, 1998, Vol.1, No.1, pp. 1-13. Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (MigTRJP_6_1998 (CD 1))

"Internal Migration in Turkey, 1965-85: Test of Some of the Conflicting Findings in the Literature," Working Paper No.66, Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences, Canberra, October 1996. Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (TestMig_ANU66_1996 (CD 1))

"Changes in the Migratory Patterns in Japan in 1955-90: with Emphasis on the Core Region in 1980-90 Period and Plausible Future Trends," Institute of Developing Economies (IDE): Tokyo, VFR Monograph Series No. 247, October 1995. Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (MigJP_50_90_IDE (CD 2))

"Changes in the Migratory Patterns in Japan in 1955-90: with Emphasis on the Core Region in 1980-90 Period," in Zoltan Hajdu and Gyula Horvath (eds) European Challenges and Hungarian Responses in Regional Policy, 1994, pp. 395-409, Pecs: Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (MigTRJP_Pecs_1994 (CD 2))

"The Spatial Distribution of Population in Post-War Japan (1945-1980): Implications for the Developing Countries," in P. Friedrich and Ian Masser (eds.) International Perspectives of Regional Decentralisation, 1987, pp. 86-118, Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.

"The Effects of In- and Out-Migration on Urban Growth in Turkey (1965-85) and a Comparison with the Developed Countries," Papers of Regional Science Association: IRSR (International Regional Science Review), 1992, Vol. 71, No.4, pp. 405-419. Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (MigTR_In_Out_1965-85_RSA_92 (CD 2))

Extended List:

"Daimi Ikametgaha göre Göç Datası: Eleştiriler ve Öneriler," (Internal Migration Data According to Permanent Residency), Türkiye'de Iç Göç. T. Tarih Vakfı, 1998, pp. 152-66.
Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (Mig_Eles_TarihV_Gerede_6_1997 (CD 1))

"Ülke Bazında Farklı Idari Birimlerde ve Aralarında olan Net Göçler: 1965-90," in Internal Migration Between Different Administrative Units, and Changes during 1965-90), 2003, Third Conference on Turkish Demography, 2-5 December 1997, pp. 453-70, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara, Turkey. Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (NerMig_SetTyp_HU_12_1997 (CD 1))

"Internal Migration in Turkey, 1965-85: Test of Some of the Assumptions,"RURDS, (Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies: Journal of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Japan), Vol. 9, No.2, Autumn 1997, pp. 170-79. Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (TestMig_RURDS_8_1997 (CD 1))

"Türkiye'nin Nüfusu 1923-1994: 21 ci Yüzyıl Ortalarına Kadar Nüfus Yapısı, Gelişme ve Kestirimler," (Review of the Book by State Institute of Statistics, "The Population of Turkey, 1923-1994, Demographic Structure and Development with Projections to the Mid-21st Century", Ada Kentliyim, No.3, 1995, pp. 128-130, Ankara: Pelin Ofset. Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (Pop_1923-1994_AdaKentli_3_1995 (CD 1))

"Türkiye'de Iç Göçler, 1965-85: Bazı Varsayımların Sorgulanması," (Internal Migration in Turkey, 1965-85: Evaluation of Assumptions"), in Ilhan Tekeli (ed.) Tarık Okyar Anısına Kitap: Kent, Planlama, Politika, Sanat, 1993, pp. 213-232, Ankara: METU, pp. 213-232.
Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (Varsayim_Tarik_94 (CD 2))

"Definition of Squatter Housing," Geographia Polonica, 1993, Vol. 61, pp. 471-78, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences. Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (Sq_Pol_1993 (CD 2))

"Migration and Urban Growth in Turkey, 1965-85," in K. P.Strohmeir and Ch. W. Matthiessen (eds.), Innovation and Urban Growth Dynamics: A Multi-level Process, NY: Avebury Pub. 1992, pp. 105-121.

"Turkey," (together with A. Eraydın and A. Barışık) in W.J. Serow, C.B. Nam, D.F. Sly, and R.H. Weller (eds.), Handbook on International Migration, 1990, pp. 301-324, Westport, Ct, ABD: Greenwood Press. Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (Internat_Mig_1990 (CD 2))

"Urban Growth in Turkey: Effects of Different Migration Flows to- from- Urban Centers During 1965-70 and 1975-80," in The Model of Intervening Opportunities in the Theory and Practice of Territorial Arrangement (Prace Naukowe Instytutu Historii Architektury, Sztuki i Tekniki Politechniki Wroclawskiej, Seria: Studio i Materialy), 1990, pp. 155-188.
Note: Available in PDF format. Get in touch with the author (UrbGr_65-70&75-0_Pol_1989 (CD 2))

"Analysis of Inter-provincial Migration Related to the GAP Region," (together with Beyhan Arıkan), Working Paper, GAP Master Plan Study, Nippon Koei Co. and Yüksel Proje, Ankara, Turkey, December 1988.

"Savaş Sonrası Japonya'sında Nüfusun Mekansal Dağılımı (1945-80): ve Gelişmekte olan Ülkeler Için Anlamı," ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi, 1987, Cilt 14, No. 4, pp. 339-72.

"The Spatial Distribution of Population in Post-War Japan (1945-1980): Implications for the Developing Countries," in P. Friedrich and Ian Masser (eds.) International Perspectives of Regional Decentralisation, pp. 86-118, Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.

"Türkiye'de Iç Göçler," Ana Britanica, 1986, pp. 570-572.

"Rural to Urban versus Urban to Urban Migration in Turkey, 1965-70," Espace-Populations-Societies, I, 1985, pp. 86-92.

"Rural to Urban versus Urban to Urban Migration in Population Growth of Urban Places in Developing Countries: Case Study of Turkey," Discussion Paper Series, Dept. of City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, December 1982.

"Descriptive Analyses of Village-to-Province-Center Migration in Turkey: 1965-70," Discussion Paper No. 58, Institute of Socio-Economic Planning, University of Tsukuba, Japan, November 1979.

"Sizes of Different Migration Flows in Turkey, 1965-70: Possible Future Directions and Towards Comparative Analysis," Discussion Paper No. 36, Institute of Socio-Economic Planning, University of Tsukuba, Japan, December 1978.

"Spatial Distribution of Population in Post-War Japan (1945-75): Implications for Developing Countries," Discussion Paper No. 35, Institute of Socio-Economic Planning, University of Tsukuba, Japan, December 1978.

"Şehirsel Pilot Data Bank'ın Kurulması Üzerine Bazı Düşünceler," ("Thoughts on the Development of Urban Data Bank"), Bülletin, 1972, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 211-217, Ankara: Faculty of Architecture, Middle East Technical, Ankara, Turkey.

"Methods for Use of Data Banks as a Basis for Decision Making," Proceedings of the International Experts Meeting on Data Banks for Development, 1972, pp. 130-160, Saint Maximin: INSEE-OEM.

"Bibliography on Application of New Techniques and Especially Electronic Data Processing to Planning," Araştırma Raporu, Dept. of City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, January 1971; and Working Document, OECD, Paris, France, February 1971.

"A Mathematical Intra-City Location Model for Squatter Housing in Turkey," Bülletin, 1971, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 69-94, Ankara: Faculty of Architecture, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

Masters thesis: "Towards a Mathematical Model for Intra-Urban Location of Squatter Housing Settlements in Turkey", 1971, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

PhD Dissertation: "A Causal Analysis of the Destination Choice of the Village-to-Province-Center Migrants in Turkey, 1965-70", University of Washington, Seattle, USA

 


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