INVESTIGATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOREST ENGINEERS IN THE STATE FOREST ENTERPRISES BY USING ATKINSON INEQUALITY INDEX: A CASE STUDY OF KAHRAMANMARA？ REGIONAL FOREST DIRECTORATE

Demands for forest enterprises increase and diversify along with the social, socio-cultural and economic changes of the society. Therefore, taking into consideration of characteristics such as work and area density, the distribution of forest engineer should be ensured at the most appropriate level. In this study, loss of social benefit for forest engineer(s) who served in the 7 state forest enterprises located in Kahramanmaras Regional Forest Directorate in 2016 has been evaluated by Atkinson index. Depending on the obtained data from the Kahramanmara？ Regional Forest Directorate, Atkinson inequality indices were calculated. The values indicating the loss of social benefit of forest engineers vary between 0,585 and 0,917. When different characteristics of the enterprises were taken into consideration, 68 forest engineers felt between 37 and 62 people in Kahramanmara？ Forest Enterprises located in Kahramanmaras Regional Forest Directorate