Solar Energy Validation for Strategic Investment Planning via Comparative Data Mining Methods: An Expanded Example within the Cities of Turkey

Table 7

Welfare indexes.

Rank	⁢First term (1990–1994)					Rank	⁢Second term (1995–2010)
	City	Index value	Rank	City	Index value		City	Index value	Rank	City	Index value
1	İstanbul	4,270	41	Artvin	−,278	1	İstanbul	4,465	41	Kütahya	−,079
2	İzmir	2,689	42	Afyon	−,309	2	İzmir	2,549	42	Kastamonu	−,115
3	Ankara	2,441	43	Kastamonu	−,310	3	Ankara	2,477	43	Karaman	−,117
4	Bursa	1,577	44	Giresun	−,327	4	Bursa	1,651	44	Malatya	−,150
5	Kocaeli	1,574	45	Çorum	−,358	5	Kocaeli	1,355	45	Giresun	−,172
6	Adana	1,088	46	Sivas	−,434	6	Eskişehir	1,163	46	Niğde	−,177
7	Tekirdağ	1,070	47	Ordu	−,441	7	Adana	1,127	47	Afyon	−,183
8	Antalya	1,028	48	Niğde	−,450	8	Tekirdağ	1,077	48	Çorum	−,242
9	Eskişehir	,969	49	Aksaray	−,468	9	Antalya	1,068	49	K. Maraş	−,274
10	Balıkesir	,901	50	K. Maraş	−,469	10	Muğla	,915	50	Osmaniye	−,308
11	İçel	,863	51	Erzincan	−,473	11	Balıkesir	,912	51	Bartın	−,334
12	Aydın	,784	52	Çankırı	−,506	12	Kırklareli	,760	52	Sivas	−,396
13	Muğla	,742	53	Diyarbakır	−,532	13	Edirne	,721	53	Sinop	−,397
14	Kırklareli	,660	54	Sinop	−,540	14	Denizli	,719	54	Aksaray	−,402
15	Çanakkale	,606	55	Tokat	−,547	15	Çanakkale	,717	55	Çankırı	−,427
16	Konya	,590	56	Yozgat	−,656	16	Konya	,712	56	Tokat	−,439
17	Denizli	,561	57	Erzurum	−,679	17	Aydın	,644	57	Tunceli	−,439
18	Manisa	,559	58	Şanlıurfa	−,753	18	İçel	,599	58	Erzincan	−,468
19	Kayseri	,553	59	Adıyaman	−,849	19	Yalova	,580	59	Ordu	−,471
20	Edirne	,492	60	Tunceli	−,859	20	Manisa	,518	60	Yozgat	−,519
21	Bilecil	,404	61	Gümüşhane	−,904	21	Zonguldak	,483	61	Erzurum	−,639
22	Isparta	,394	62	Bayburt	−1,023	22	Kayseri	,397	62	Gümüşhane	−,709
23	Zonguldak	,338	63	Batman	−1,048	23	Hatay	,389	63	Diyarbakır	−,743
24	Sakarya	,337	64	Kars	−1,062	24	Sakarya	,371	64	Kilis	−,748
25	Hatay	,328	65	Siirt	−1,084	25	Bilecik	,368	65	Şanlıurfa	−,834
26	Bolu	,198	66	Mardin	−1,094	26	Bolu	,347	66	Adıyaman	−,919
27	Kırıkkale	,190	67	Van	−1,179	27	Samsun	,342	67	Bayburt	−1,017
28	Burdur	,168	68	Hakkâri	−1,242	28	Isparta	,329	68	Kars	−1,083
29	Samsun	,139	69	Bingöl	−1,293	29	Burdur	,295	69	Iğdır	−1,093
30	Uşak	,108	70	Bitlis	−1,340	30	Kırıkkale	,172	70	Ardahan	−1,157
31	Elazığ	,057	71	Şırnak	−1,356	31	Uşak	,159	71	Mardin	−1,163
32	Trabzon	−,004	72	Ağrı	−1,553	32	Trabzon	,142	72	Batman	−1,166
33	Nevşehir	−,006	73	Muş	−1,566	33	Rize	,111	73	Bingöl	−1,230
34	Rize	−,051				34	Karabük	,110	74	Siirt	−1,245
35	Kütahya	−,058				35	Nevşehir	,078	75	Van	−1,312
36	Kırşehir	−,096				36	Amasya	,038	76	Bitlis	−1,439
37	Malatya	−,104				37	Artvin	,013	77	Muş	−1,483
38	Gaziantep	−,118				38	Elazığ	,011	78	Şırnak	−1,542
39	Amasya	−,119				39	Gaziantep	,006	79	Ağrı	−1,465
40	Karaman	−,141				40	Kırşehir	−,034	80	Hakkâri	−1,659