Ağ Toplumu Yaklaşımının Kırsal Alanların Dönüşümü Üzerine Etkileri

Abstract

The effects of the changes in social paradigms on spatial forms are analyzed in this study through the construction of the network society in the context of rural areas. The process leading to the network society is explained with the developments in microelectronic technology. In this framework, information, communication and access are realized simultaneously with micro-electronic devices on the network structure that surrounds the world. These developments, which bring about the erosion of distances, give direction to new behavior patterns. In addition, the sharp classification of the spatial distinctions of rural-urban areas is becoming more difficult. Therefore, it is concluded that the features that symbolize the traditional city can become global and spread to all areas in the world. In the study, it is explained as a necessity of the network society that rural and urban areas begin to disappear by intermingling with each other. This process, which develops as rural-urban blurring, works against the countryside. Because the occupations that make it necessary to live in the city can now be carried out in rural areas thanks to their network structures. This situation causes urban sprawls to spread over rural areas. Thus, rural areas are becoming urbanized structurally, demographically, spatially and socio-culturally.