ESTABLİSHMENT OF THE URBAN COMPETITIVENESS INDEX WITH THE ECONOPHYSICS APPROACH

Year 2018, Volume: 17 Issue: 66, 549 - 560, 15.04.2018

Cem Çağri Donmez , Abdulkadir Atalan

https://doi.org/10.17755/esosder.344601

Abstract

Many economic
methods have been used for the analysis of urban economic problems. Nowadays, a
different approach, the econophysic method and the laws that constitute the
bases of physics, will be valid in the economy. Urban competitiveness index was
established by considering the parameters that are important for urban
competitiveness. However, it is seen that urban population density among these
parameters is not effective in urban economy and accordingly urban
competitiveness index. In this study, it was aimed to eliminate the uncertainty
and imbalance of urban competitiveness indexes created by the econophysic approach
and by using statistical physics method, which is one of the theories of
econophysic, tangible results were obtained for future periods in the urban
economy. This study shows that the uncertainty and the diminution of the
imbalance in the economy of the cities will be stronger than other cities.

Keywords

Econophysics, Urban Competitiveness, Urban Competitiveness Index, Statistical Physics

EKONOFİZİK YAKLAŞIMI İLE KENTSEL REKABETÇİLİK İNDEKSİNİN OLUŞTURULMASI

Abstract

Kentsel ekonomi problemlerinin
analizi için birçok ekonomik metotlar kullanılmıştır. Ancak günümüzde daha
farklı bir yaklaşım olan ekonofizik metodu ile fiziğin temellerini oluşturan
yasaların ekonomide de geçerli olacağı, yapılan bilimsel araştırmalar sonucu
somut bir şekilde ortaya konulmuştur. 
Kentsel rekabetçilik için önemli olan parametreler dikkate alınarak
kentsel rekabetçilik indeksi oluşturulmuştur. Ancak bu parametreler arasında
yer alan kent popülasyon yoğunluğunun kent ekonomisinde ve buna bağlı olarak
kentsel rekabetçilik indeksinde etkili olmadığı görülmektedir. Bu çalışmada,
ekonofizik yaklaşımı ile oluşturulan kentsel rekabetçilik indekslerinin kent
ekonomilerinde olan belirsizliğin ve dengesizliğin giderilmesi amaçlanmış olup,
ekonofiziğin kuramlarından olan istatistiksel fizik yöntemiyle sayısal veriler
kullanılarak kent ekonomisinde gelecek dönemler için somut bir sonuç elde
edilmiştir. Kentlerin ekonomisinde belirsizliğin ve dengesizliğin azalmasıyla,
diğer kentler ile rekabette daha güçlü olacakları bu çalışma ile ortaya
konulmuştur. 

Keywords

Ekonofizik, Kentsel Rekabetçilik, Kentsel Rekabetçilik İndeksi, İstatistiksel Fizik

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