Deprivation Analysis in Declining Inner City Residential Areas: A Case Study From Izmir, Turkey.

According to the findings, almost all households have basic consumption goods such as television and
refrigerator. But this finding should not be understood as the indicator of wealth or welfare. In spite of their
poverty, they do not relinquish from using these goods. It indicates that, while the ownership of TV and
refrigerator is an indicator for deprivation or poverty in the past, today this cannot be use for measurement of
deprivation or poverty. Instead of these two goods, the ownership of dishwasher and computer are
conspicuous as shown in the table 23 below.

Table 23: The Distribution of Durable Consumption Good Ownerships by Types

On the other hand, 40 percent of the households acquired these good as second hand since their
embarrassment. This finding also explains the wide ownership of the durable consumption goods within the
population. When the quality of the furniture is examined, similar finding arises again. 76.9 percent of the
families depicted the condition of their furniture as average and bad. This finding gives clues regarding to the
living conditions of the houses.

Environmental and Locational Facilities seeks to measure the quality of physical environment of the
district and accessibility of the residents to urban facilities. Therefore, certain issues such as the general and
environmental problems of the district, access to physical and urban services, and the satisfaction from the
district are investigated.

According to the responds of the research population, the most serious problems of the district emerge as
shown in the table 24 below. By the highest percentage, 20 % of the household complains the deterioration
and their neglected situations as the serious problem in the district. It is observed during the interviews that
they feel themselves as disregarded by the authorities of the city. Commonly, they complain the lack of
concern about their problems regarding infrastructure, deterioration and etc. Besides deterioration,
environmental problems such as noise and garbage are examined. According to the findings, 30.8 percent of
the population complains about the insufficient garbage collection. This results from the difficulty to enter
into the dustcart through the narrow roads, and the stairs in some parts. In addition, these physical barriers
hinder the entrance of vehicle when an emergency such as fire or health problems occurs.

On the other hand, 64.6 percent of the research population complains the noise within the district. The
problem of noise, which they bothered especially, results from the children playing in the street due to the
lack of playing areas. As mentioned before, physical environment is both deteriorated and dense. Therefore,
there is not any open space for resting and recreation. In parallel to this, 93.8 percent of the research
population complains about the lack of parks, or green spaces within the district.

In addition, there is not any playground for the children living in the district. As mentioned above, the
children have to play at the street. 87.7 percent of the research population complains the lack of playground.
When another urban service, the quality of lighting the street in the district is examined, 78.5 percent of the
population is satisfied with this service.

On the other hand, 55.4 percent of the research population emphasizes the lack of car park. In fact, this is
not because of the wide car ownership, 93,8 percent of them has not a car, but the problem occurs due to the
narrow roads, again. It should be noted that, 46 percent of the research population do not desire to move
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