Sustainability Focused Maritime Studies Performed in Türkiye: A Literature Analysis

Abstract

Sustainability-related issues have started to occupy the maritime field as well as all other fields in recent years. As elements of huge trade and industrial activities, ports and ships require considering sustainable management and development. The maritime industry has started to take steps within the framework of this requirement. In addition, researchers have been showing interest in maritime sustainability in recent years and conducting studies. This study is a review of maritime sustainability studies conducted in Türkiye. The aim is to reflect what the researchers focus mostly on maritime sustainability, and present a comparison with global studies. The included 50 studies were examined via content analysis. The scope, sustainability dimension, and focused topics of the studies were revealed. The descriptives of the studies were given. As a result, it is found to be that port-related and environmental sustainability studies are more frequent, and sustainability criteria is the most used topic.

Keywords

• Sustainability
• Maritime studies
• Literature analysis
• Türkiye

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