Research Article

Geographical characteristics of rural settlements in Dorutay Plain and immediate surroundings

Number: 68 May 18, 2017
  • Murat Yılmaz
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Geographical characteristics of rural settlements in Dorutay Plain and immediate surroundings

Abstract

It is aimed in this study to examine the geographical characteristics of rural settlements in Dorutay plain and immediate surrounding which is located east part of Turkey. It is located in the administrative area of the Özalp, Saray and Çaldıran districts of Van Province. In the research area, currently, there are  24 rural settlements including 2 hamlets 22 villages and the population in these settlements are 29939. The geographical characteristics of settlements in the Dorutay plain and immediate surrounding vary from each other. The plain areas and foothills are selected as settlement places. In the research area, all the village settlements are collective textured. Altitude of the settlement in the area is high and so are the upper and lower limits which are respectively 2000 and 2250 meters. In the study area, average village population is 1360 and population of the villages vary between 252 and 4773. The old and the new names of the villages in research area have marks of the physical and human geography of the area. In the study area, main economic activities of villagers are agriculture and livestock. People from the region continue to migrate outwards because of limited livelihoods. Agriculture and livestock need to be done by more efficient methods to reduce migration from the region. Also, it is necessary to develop alternative livelihoods such as livestock, beekeeping and aquaculture which have potentials in the region.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Murat Yılmaz This is me

Publication Date

May 18, 2017

Submission Date

October 19, 2016

Acceptance Date

January 20, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Number: 68

APA
Yılmaz, M. (2017). Dorutay Ovası ve yakın çevresindeki kırsal yerleşmelerin coğrafi özellikleri. Türk Coğrafya Dergisi, 68, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.17211/tcd.314753

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Publisher: Türk Coğrafya Kurumu / Turkish Geographical Society