Special Feature on social, economic, and spatial impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey

Baycan T., Tuysuz S.

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, cilt.6, ss.1041-1051, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s41685-022-00261-8
  • Dergi Adı: Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1041-1051
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19 pandemic, Social and economic implications of COVID-19, Spatial implications of COVID-19, COVID-19 and diversely affected economic sectors, The impact of the COVID-19 from an international perspective, Turkey
  • Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This Special Feature investigates the social, economic, and spatial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey and highlights the factors diferentiating Turkey from the other countries. The articles contributing to this Special Feature are classifed into three main parts. The frst group of articles addresses spatial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey with a specifc focus on the place-based factors afecting the spread of the pandemic, the determinants of pandemic-induced changes in intracity mobility, and the use of social media to forecast commercial real estate fgures during COVID-19. The second group of articles investigates the social and economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and diversely afected economic sectors in Turkey. These articles analyze the vulnerability and resilience of regions and diversely afected economic sectors with a specifc focus on the housing market that displays an opposite trend to international tendencies regarding transaction volumes and private rental housing prices. The third group of articles considers the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic from an international perspective. These articles analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international trade with a specifc focus on exports and the fragility of the global trade structure and network in the framework of global value chains. Analyzing the impacts of COVID19 from diferent perspectives, the articles in this Special Feature reveal the factors diferentiating Turkey from the other countries and highlight the challenges.