مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Evaluation Of City Transportation Problems With Urban Geography Approach in Adana

Abstract :

Generally to transfer goods and services which produced by human being from one location to another location is called the transportation. Transportation type, size and contents have expanded from past to present with the influence of continuous changing of social and economic factors. This development in the transportation as a world scale shows itself between the countries’ own settlements and even in the cities. Especially the developments in industrial and commercial fields have been continuing to influence transportation within the country as well as in urban transportation networks and systems. Today, 76.3% (56,222,356) of the population of Turkey lives in the provincial and district centers. This population, which largely is considered under urban population needs urban transportation system and networks for continuing the daily life within the city. This transport system, the mobility of passengers and goods on the system in generally refer to urban transportation. However, increasing population, the number of vehicles, industrial production and commercial density cause insufficient urban transport systems and the related to transportation problems. The issues with transportation which are seen many cities in the world and Turkey also exist in Adana.This work focuses on the city of Adana, deals with transportation problems which arisen from environmental, spatial and socio-economic developments and in the context of a sustainable transport infrastructure and policy by taking into consideration public view about transportation systems and problems. In order to do this, both field studies and questionnaire methods have been applied. Results of questionnaire were tested by statistical techniques.According to all received results and field studies, many transportation problems within the city were identified and solutions for these problems were presented.