AN INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF INSTITUTIONAL GROWTH AND SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT AT SUBURBAN UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES: THE CASE OF DÜZCE UNIVERSITY’S KONURALP CAMPUS
Öz
This study examines the relationship between institutional growth and spatial development in the Düzce University Konuralp Campus and its surrounding area, as an example of an out-of-town university campus, through an integrated approach. A mixed-methods design was adopted, in which institutional growth was evaluated through content analysis of annual activity reports covering the period 2007–2025, while spatial development was assessed using Google Earth Pro archival imagery (2005–2023) together with NDVI and NDBI analyses derived from Landsat satellite data (2005–2025). The findings indicate that the university's institutional growth followed five distinct development phases and that a very strong positive statistical association was observed between student enrollment and total building floor area (r = 0.945). The combined evaluation of Google Earth Pro imagery and remote sensing analyses revealed that campus development was initially concentrated within the campus boundaries and subsequently expanded into the surrounding area, evolving into a multi-stage spatial development process that influenced the spatial growth of its vicinity. Overall, the study proposes an integrated and practical analytical framework for assessing the long-term development dynamics of out-of-town university campuses by combining institutional indicators with multi-temporal satellite data.
Anahtar Kelimeler
University Campus, Suburban Campus, Institutional Growth, Spatial Development, Remote Sensing
Teşekkür
This study was produced from the ongoing project numbered 124C137, supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) under the BIDEB-2218 Program.
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