Abstract:

Population growth and industrialization in cities have brought along many urban problems such as lack of housing, slum problems, unemployment, environmental problems, traffic problems and security problems. The solution of all these problems is possible with sustainable urbanization approach. In addition, bibliometric studies, which are one of the most important reference sources of science policies, come to the fore at the present time to solve these issues. In this context, the main purpose of this study is to examine the master and doctorate theses registered under the title of urbanization in the Thesis Canter of the Council of Higher Education between 1978 - 2018 in line with various parameters by using bibliometric analysis technique. 276 master and doctoral theses have written under the title of urbanization in Turkey by the end of 2018. 63 of these theses are doctoral theses and 213 of them are master's theses. Bibliometric studies can be performed on topics such as city, urbanization policy and urban problems in the following years except for the subject of urbanization. In addition, in this topics comparisons of the countries, branches of science and the between public and private sectors producing publications will be useful for contributing to literature.

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