Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth, Qaiser Rafique Yasser, Editör, İgi Global Publications, Pennsylvania, ss.179-207, 2018
This chapter investigates employment structure with regard to
sustainable rural development for the NUTS-4 regions. In this research,
the Location Quotient (LQ) method was used to provide statistical
knowledge on geographical location and clustering. The employment
structure is examined under three categories: 1) number of employees
contributing to rural production using traditional methods; 2) number of
employees in vegetable and animal production, and logging and fishing;
and 3) number of employees in the food industry. Of these three areas of
interest, the LQ method could not be applied to the first one because
of the lack of entrepreneurship and capital accumulation. It was
concluded that Sorgun, Çandır and Akdağmadeni were the NUTS-4 regions
that contributed to rural production. Clustering was detected in
Çayıralan, Aydıncık, Kadışehri and Akdağmadeni NUTS-4 regions that
contributed to business activity in vegetable and animal production, and
logging and fishing. Clustering in activities in the food industry was
detected in Boğazlıyan, Çayıralan, Çandır and Sorgun NUTS-4 regions.