The uneven geography of innovation in Turkey
Visualizing the geography and regional relatedness of patent production
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4141370 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Umut Erdem (0000-0001-9822-3605, Department of City and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey, corresponding author), K Mert Cubukcu (0000-0003-3604-7014, Department of City and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-10 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0308518x211044514 |
| OpenAlex | W3201401564 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
Economic geography studies revealed that regional economies are heavily dependent on path-dependent network-based complexities. Innovation and technology are the key concepts for regional economic growth and the uneven geography of innovation is quite decisive for the regional stability of the countries. In this regard, the network topology of the regional relatedness of patent production is embedded on unequal population cartograms in order to better display the uneven geography of innovation in Turkey. The study reveals that the geography of the patent production has a dynamic pattern that it spreads from patent-producing hubs to their surrounding regions that have never produced. Besides, an increasing variety of classes indicates that new technologies are emerging in some regions. Istanbul covers almost 60% of the patent production of the country. There are around 10 industrialized secondary hub regions existing which the two out of them (Adana and Gaziantep, cities of the east closest to the West and Mediterranean zone) are located in eastern Turkey. Eastern regions have medium size connections with the western hub regions which they are attaching to existing major nodes
Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Human geography · Population · Regional geography · Regional science · Sociology · Economic and Technological Innovation · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Regional resilience and development
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |