A study on urban poverty: The case of Van city center

Urban poverty is a new concept discussed in social sciences. It has a context that points to the manifestations of poverty in urban environments. Because the world is now characterized by an urban age. In general, one out of every 4 people in the world population now lives in cities. A similar urbanization pattern is also evident in Turkey. Despite the recent introduction of policies aimed at minimizing social and economic inequalities in a significant number of Turkish cities, there is an urban poverty that manifests itself in different ways. In Turkey, urban poverty is more visible in immigrant neighborhoods and slum areas. The aim of this research is to make a determination on urban poverty, to reveal the causes of urban poverty and to make inferences that will guide policies in this direction, based on the support data provided by Van Metropolitan Municipality. For this aim, support data provided by Van Metropolitan Municipality were entered SPSS 27 program and secondary data analysis was conducted. In addition to this, the distribution of poverty in Van was showed via maps created by ArcGIS program. According to the study findings, meaningful relationship between child number, aging and poverty were found. It is understood that the kind of support had been varied according to the counties. In the end, the districts which is at the city center and have the population with the bottom level income socioeconomically were determined. Finally, the socioeconomic distribution of the supports provided by Van Metropolitan Municipality was reached.