A classification study for re-determination of the geographical regions: the case of Turkey

Abstract

The rapid urbanization of the residential areas in an unplanned and irregular manner causes ecological and environmental changes. Understanding this growth is an important criterion for developing environmentally friendly policies and creating new limits. Although determining the boundaries of the region cannot be connected to a single basic principle, a planning can be made by making statistical inferences. In this regard, in this study, Turkey's geographic boundaries are discussed again. A classification analysis was conducted to discuss how the change of environmental and human criteria affects the limits. The study was carried out with two data sets. The first is the provinces that exist in the present, and the second is the selected developing districts. The algorithm that gave the best results for the data was determined. The reason for the provinces classified incorrectly according to this algorithm was discussed and a new border map was proposed.

Keywords

• classification algorithms
• geographical regions
• regional borders
• urban areas

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