Kentsel Yoksulluk, Göç ve Yoksulluğun Mekânsal Yoğunlaşması-Ayrışması

Global and neo-liberal policies adopted in the world as of 1980 have led to massive changes in the social, cultural and political structure of societies. The effects of change and transformation are mostly seen in urban areas. As the study mentions this basic thesis and the thesis asserts that urban areas have major role on understanding of the social structure, it deals ‘migration’, ‘poverty’, and ‘homelessness’ which are one of the most important factors of the urban disintegration. Otherwise, the study aims to analyze rapid change and transformation in urban areas because of migration, disintegration process of people who migrate and homelessness, which is so usual for today’s people. Furthermore, for aims of the study were interviewed 80 homeless who stayed in Zeytinburnu Sport Complex in the housing complex for the protection of the homeless from cold weather conditions in the winter months by İBB Darülaceze Directorate between 24.02.2014-29.02.2014. These are 68 men and 12 women. The method of the study is quantitative; its approach is phenomenological-interpretivist. Quantitative research ‘s results were used as descriptive and systematic analysis with interpretation technique. Shortly, the study mentions ‘migration and homelessness’, ‘urban poverty and spatial concentration –segregation’. The study finding majorly shows that limitation of the labor income with migration and rapid urbanization and because of changes in residential building structure, homelessness changed as visible. Based on changing conditions, poverty of the homeless become permanent and the study confirmed migration and rapid urbanization are one of the major factors in the urban-segregation.