Mapping the topology of the air transport network in Turkey

Erdem U., Çubukçu K. M., Tsiotas D.

ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A-ECONOMY AND SPACE, vol.52, no.1, pp.6-9, 2020 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 52 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/0308518x19848753
  • Journal Name: ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A-ECONOMY AND SPACE
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Avery, EconLit, Environment Index, Geobase, Greenfile, Index Islamicus, Pollution Abstracts, Public Administration Abstracts, Public Affairs Index
  • Page Numbers: pp.6-9
  • Keywords: Network topology, transportation networks, population cartogram
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Recent technological and philosophical research has revealed that almost everything around us is heavily dependent on network-based complexities. Airport network topologies are complex networks and their analyses are crucial regarding the fact that the evolution of airport network topology influences the economic growth of regions and countries. An equal population cartogram is derived displaying the distortion of the air transport network of Turkey in accordance with the uneven distribution of passengers. The regions between Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, and Antalya are shrunk by the force of higher population concentration. The shrinkage across the eastern regions is less than that in the western regions; still, the distortion of the regions is dominated by particular regional hubs.