COĞRAFİ FAKTÖRLERİN KÖY YERLEŞMELERİ ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİLERİNİN OSMANELİ İLÇESİ(BİLECİK) ÖRNEĞİNDE İNCELEMESİ
An Investigation Into The Effects Of Geographical Factors On Village Settlements In Osmaneli District (Bilecik) Case

Summary/Abstract: Osmaneli District is situated in Southern Marmara subregion within the borders of the Marmara Region. It is bordered by İznik (Bursa) and Pamukova (Sakarya) districts to the north, Geyve (Sakarya) and Gölpazarı (Bilecik) to the east, central district of Bilecik to the South and Yenişehir (Bursa) and İznik to the west. The district is comprised of one district and 27 affiliated villages in administrative terms with a surface of approximately 526 km² in total. This study was carried out on villages of Osmaneli district from the settlement geography. It is aimed at exploring similarities and differences between socioeconomic characteristics of the villages in the light of physical and human environment. In this scope, village settlements around Osmaneli were investigated by their name, location, elevation steps, settlement patterns, situation in respect to the forest, surface and size, economic activities and changes of site. As a result, it was found out that distribution of the village settlements is affected mainly by geomorphologic characteristics followed by physical factors such as water supply, soil and climate conditions as well as economic activities, transportation costs, security and defence and also historical and psychological factors. While doing this, cause and effect relation and mutual relationships were considered in distribution of events and settlements departing from determinism, distribution and connection principles, which are foundations of the geographical thinking. The study is supported with pictures, figures, tables and distribution maps in order to make the results clearer. The maps used in this study were obtained in the digital media on the ArcGIS by using the GIS method for improved better reliability and validity.

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