ÜRETİM FAKTÖRÜ OLARAK ORMAN KÖYLÜSÜNÜN NÜFUS HAREKETLERİ: KASTAMONU ÖRNEĞİ

Abstract

Kastamonu province has two different climates, because of the mountains along the east-west direction. Therefore also it has a very rich nature in terms of forest. This diversity affects forest structure, production techniques, working time and the forest villagers associated with these forestry subjects. In this study, forest villagers populations in six districts of Kastamonu, which are under the influence of the Black Sea, has been studied. Changes between 1965 and 2013 in the demographic structure of forest villagers living in these districts and temporal changes on the space of the changes has been demonstrated by using some assessment methods of the population. As a result of this study, we found that Inebolu, located on the Black Sea-Ankara road route, has the lowest level of migration rate of forest villagers among the coastal districts. Forest villagers continue to live in settlements which close to the center providing social and economic needs, in the opposite case they move away from settlements. It has also been concluded that some villages are empty and will continue to be empty due to the rapid migration in forest villages. Dependent population now is living mostly in forest villages and moreover retired and dependent forest villagers living in the city is returning to the forest villages. According to results; serious problems about providing local forest workers will be occurred in the near future. We conclude that forest managers should work on the subject of supplying forest workers