Functionalism and Geography of emphasis of rural Geography

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

teymor  amar ¹ (استادیارگروه جغرافیای دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد رشت)

Received: 2006-04-17 Accepted : 2007-03-16 Published : 2007-02-20

Keywords: functions, Functionalism, Functionalis and Geography, Rural Geography,

Abstract :

Functional study (in addition to structure and history) is one of the three dimentions of a phenomenon. Observing a phenomenon from a functional point of view and contemplating in them led to the functionalism school in scientific subjects. The background of this school arose from the social science of the west and then this thought was generalized to other sciences, especially the geography. This article tries that in addition to examining the concept of this school in geography and particularly rural geography. One of the important aspects of this study is that functional observation in rural studies help us to identify the actions and internal relations of these societies, besides understanding their mechanism of taking and leaving impression on the basis of regional andnational aspects.