AKILLI ŞEHİRLERDE SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR KALKINMA: BİBLİYOMETRİK ANALİZ

Year 2025, Issue: 49, 105 - 126

Sebahattin Kılınç , Sefer Aydoğan , Fahri Alp Erdoğan , Murat Sağbaş

https://doi.org/10.18092/ulikidince.1656455

Abstract

Akıllı şehirlerde sürdürülebilir kalkınma, refahı artırırken gelecek nesillerin kaynaklarını korumayı amaçlamaktadır. Öte yandan yönetim teorisi çevrenin dikkate alınmamasının stratejileri sürdürülemez hale getirebileceğini vurgulamaktadır. Bu bakımdan çevresel kirlilik ve iklim değişikliğine yönelik artan duyarlılık, bu alandaki araştırmalara ilgiyi artırmıştır. Mevcut araştırma, akıllı şehirlerde sürdürülebilir kalkınma konusundaki akademik üretimi bibliyometrik ve görselleştirme analizleriyle incelenmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bibliyometrik analiz, nicel ve nitel analizlerden faydalanan ve bir bilimsel alanın gelişimini araştırma rotasını belirlemek, trend analizlerini tespit edilmek için kullanılan bir yöntemdir. Çalışmada Web of Science veri tabanında yer alan 2010 ile 2025 yılları arasında konuya ilişkin 740 İngilizce makale kullanılmıştır. Veriler için R programında yer alan bibliometrix paketinden faydalanılmış, görselleştirme işlemi için VOSviewer adlı uygulama kullanılmıştır. Web of Science’da 2010-2025 yılları arasında 740 makale yayımlanmış olup, makalelerin ortalama yaşı 3,59 yıl, ortalama alıntı sayısı 20,1, toplam kaynakça sayısı 39.439, toplam anahtar kelime sayısı 2.548 ve toplam yazar sayısı 2.335 olarak belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

Akıllı Şehir , Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma , Bibliyometrik Analiz

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SMART CITIES: BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

Sustainable development in smart cities aims to enhance well-being while preserving resources for future generations. On the other hand, management theory emphasizes that disregarding the environment can render strategies unsustainable. In this regard, increasing awareness of environmental pollution and climate change has heightened interest in research in this field. This study aims to analyze academic production on sustainable development in smart cities through bibliometric and visualization analyses. Bibliometric analysis is a method that uses quantitative and qualitative analysis to determine the development of a scientific field, to determine the research route, and to detect trend analysis. In the study, 740 English articles on the subject between 2010 and 2025 in the Web of Science database were used. The bibliometrix package in the R program was used for the data, and the application called VOSviewer was used for the visualization process. In Web of Science, 740 articles were published between 2010-2025, the average age of the articles was determined as 3.59 years, the average number of citations was 20.1, the total number of references was 39,439, the total number of keywords was 2,548 and the total number of authors was 2,335.

Keywords

Smart City , Sustainable Development , Bibliometric Analysis

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