Socioeconomic Ramifications of Climate Change in the Burdur Lake Basin: Livelihoods, Agriculture, and Rural Migration

Özge Can Doğmuş

doi:10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.1810378

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Socioeconomic Ramifications of Climate Change in the Burdur Lake Basin: Livelihoods, Agriculture, and Rural Migration

Abstract

This study explores how climate-driven changes in water availability, crop productivity, and income are reshaping rural livelihoods in the Burdur Lake Basin, a semi-arid region in southwestern Türkiye facing severe hydrological decline. Drawing on interviews with forty-one farmers across seven villages, it reveals that prolonged drought, declining rainfall, and groundwater depletion have created intertwined socioeconomic vulnerabilities. Farmers report major yield losses, rising irrigation costs, and growing uncertainty about the future of farming. Although many have adopted drip irrigation or shifted to less water-demanding crops, these measures remain limited by structural inequalities and unstable markets. Framed within political ecology, the study argues that climate change in the Burdur Basin is as much a social and institutional process as an environmental one, and that meaningful resilience requires linking technological adaptation with equity, participation, and justice.

Keywords

İklim Değişikliğinin Burdur Gölü Havzasındaki Sosyo-Ekonomik Sonuçları: Geçim Kaynakları, Tarım ve Kırsal Göç

Öz

Bu çalışma, su mevcudiyetindeki, ürün verimliliğindeki ve gelirdeki iklim kaynaklı değişimlerin, ciddi hidrolojik gerileme yaşayan Türkiye’nin güneybatısındaki yarı kurak bir bölge olan Burdur Gölü Havzası’ndaki kırsal geçim kaynaklarını nasıl dönüştürdüğünü incelemektedir. Yedi köyde kırk bir çiftçiyle yapılan görüşmelere dayanan araştırma, uzun süreli kuraklık, azalan yağış ve yeraltı suyu tükenmesinin iç içe geçmiş sosyo-ekonomik kırılganlıklar yarattığını göstermektedir. Çiftçiler, ciddi ürün kayıpları, artan sulama maliyetleri ve tarımın geleceğine dair büyüyen bir belirsizlik bildirmektedir. Birçoğu damla sulama sistemleri kurmuş ya da daha az su gerektiren zeytin, ceviz ve arpa gibi ürünlere yönelmiştir; ancak bu önlemler, yapısal eşitsizlikler ve istikrarsız piyasa koşulları nedeniyle sınırlı kalmaktadır. Politik ekoloji çerçevesinde ele alınan çalışma, Burdur Havzası’ndaki iklim değişikliğinin yalnızca çevresel değil, aynı zamanda suya, krediye ve politika desteğine eşitsiz erişimden kaynaklanan toplumsal ve kurumsal bir süreç olduğunu ileri sürmektedir. Bu nedenle anlamlı bir direnç inşası, teknolojik uyumu adalet, katılım ve eşitlikle bütünleştiren stratejiler gerektirmektedir.

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English

Subjects

Sustainable Agricultural Development

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Research Article

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Özge Can Doğmuş ^*
0000-0002-8318-8242
Türkiye

Early Pub Date

March 30, 2026

Publication Date

March 30, 2026

Submission Date

October 25, 2025

Acceptance Date

March 5, 2026

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Year 2026 Number: Advanced Online Publication

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.1810378

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https://izlik.org/JA69YF59SM

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Doğmuş, Ö. C. (2026). Socioeconomic Ramifications of Climate Change in the Burdur Lake Basin: Livelihoods, Agriculture, and Rural Migration. Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Tarım Ve Doğa Dergisi, Advanced Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.1810378