An analytical approach to sustainable development in Turkey

Kızılaslan, Nuray; Gürler, A. Zafer; Kızılaslan, Halil

doi:10.1002/sd.316

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“…regarding child and maternal health (Kizilaslan, Gürler, & Kizilaslan, 2007). Certainly, none of the development indexes of the world's major institutions neither ours would ever achieve to summarize all the dimensions of development with a single index, therefore, there remains much valuable information along the subindex categories (Holden, Linnerud, & Banister, 2017).…”

Section: Measuring Mdgs Success (Performance) Level Of the Countriesmentioning

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Sustainable development from millennium 2015 to Sustainable Development Goals 2030

Halisçelik¹,

Soytas

2019

Sustainable Development

103

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In modern economies, the advancement of well‐being of the citizens should be in an inclusive and sustainable way. In this respect, the sustainable welfare targets should exclusively include three main pillars: economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental protection. These pillars consist of qualitative and nonmonetary, as well as monetary and quantitative indicators to monitor. Although sustainable development today is well‐appreciated in most governments' agenda, yet it is generally not a trivial task to measure its progress especially due to multidimensional nature of some targets. In this article, sustainable development is measured by using a wide range of indicators within multidimensional perspective of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2015. Indicators cover wide spectrum of areas such as poverty reduction, health, education, gender equality, and environment. An index creation method is developed for measuring the level and the performance of countries' progress through achieving MDGs. The index score levels and the rankings of countries are compared with similar indexes developed by United Nations. Finally, countries are classified according to their achievements relative to other countries (which is measured by the index) versus their self‐achievement performances (in terms of improvement of the index over years) in a big matrix. Results demonstrate the importance of measuring country performances in both dimensions. Understanding the progress in MDGs can help settle on binding targets for achieving the country specific goals in economic and noneconomic areas and on the mechanisms to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030, which set amid on the success of MDGs.

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Section: Measuring Mdgs Success (Performance) Level Of the Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable development from millennium 2015 to Sustainable Development Goals 2030

Halisçelik¹,

Soytas

2019

Sustainable Development

103

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“…According to this index, 0.21% of the population live with a daily income less than $2.15, 2.6% of the population live with daily income lower than $1.25. Therefore, when we speak of inequality in income distribution in Turkey, we can mention inequality not only between high and low level but also between low and middle income level (Kızılaslan et al, 2012).…”

Section: Journal Of Social Science Studiesmentioning

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An Examination of Household Poverty Affecting Food Insecurity in Turkey (Mus Province)

Quadir¹,

Derin²,

Akman³

2014

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Quality of life in a society depends on the extent to which people's basic needs have been met. Having access to foodstuff is one of the basic human needs. Following globalization in the second half of the 20th Century, although the level of affluence is claimed to have increased all over, inadequacy of food and its access, is not only a problem in underdeveloped countries, but also in developed and developing countries. This study attempts to determine the extent of food insecurity in Turkey, which is considered a developing country. With this aim in mind, the study was carried out on households in Malazgirt county of Muş province and its villages in the Eastern Anatolia region, where poverty is very intensely experienced (both in urban and rural areas). In order to collect data, "United States Household Food Insecurity Access Scale" (HFIAS) was used. Based on this study, 71.0% of the sample group accepts "extreme hunger food insecurity" rarely, 16.8% accepted "partial hunger food insecurity" rarely and 12.2% frequently accepted "slight (without hunger) food insecurity". In this study, the relation between food insecurity was also examined. It was determined that women accepted food insecurity without hunger (p<0.001) and with partial hunger (p<0.01) more compared to males. It was found that food insecurity was strongly related to all income levels (p<0.001). On the other hand, monthly food expense was partially related (p<0.05) with hunger. It was determined that food insecurity with extreme hunger was experienced more intensively as the number of household increased (p<0.05).

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“…Sustainable harmony between human life and nature is a difficult goal but is achievable when economic, social and environmental sectors unite with common goals. This type of sustainable thought is vital for the balanced future of mankind [32].…”

Section: Sustainability In Constructionmentioning

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Sustainability in the Brazilian Heavy Construction Industry: An Analysis of Organizational Practices

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This study performs a comparison between the theoretical frameworks of sustainable development and its incorporation in the decision-making practices and models used by heavy construction companies. This study was conducted by using documentary analysis of corporate sustainability reports. Specifically, the content analysis method was used to examine the sustainability reports disclosed by the companies studied. The results indicate four main conclusions: first, the social, political and economic context directed the companies towards implementing sustainable management practices; second, human resource development follows the traditional model of training and development; third, there is an evident effort to balance economic goals and profit-making with social responsibility practices as a way to characterize the corporate commitment with sustainability; fourth, effective and indispensable measures to transform decision-making models were not adopted in the business practices analyzed, and thus the economic factor continues to be prioritized at the expense of social and environmental aspects in those models. This paper, in looking at three Brazilian multinational heavy construction companies, examines the synergy between the theoretical and the identified corporate OPEN ACCESS Sustainability 2013, 5 4313 sustainability practices. Lastly, this paper may be characterized as a descriptive study based on a literature review and an analysis of sustainability reports from the companies studied.

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An analytical approach to sustainable development in Turkey

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

Sustainable development from millennium 2015 to Sustainable Development Goals 2030

Sustainable development from millennium 2015 to Sustainable Development Goals 2030

An Examination of Household Poverty Affecting Food Insecurity in Turkey (Mus Province)

Sustainability in the Brazilian Heavy Construction Industry: An Analysis of Organizational Practices

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