Investigating the Function of Urban Space Development in Quantitative Approaches to Cultural Patterns (Case Study: Marand Middle City)

Subject Areas : Social Science Quarterly

hourieh maghsoudi ¹ , mehrdad navabakhsh ² , seyedmohammad seyedmirzaei ³ , sedigheh mohammadesmaeili ⁴

1 - student of University
2 - Professor
3 - professor
4 - university teacher

Received: 2019-10-04 Accepted : 2019-12-13 Published : 2019-11-22

Keywords: Development of physical space of the city, Medium city, Cultural consequences,

Abstract :

The spatial development of cities has always brought with it changes in different areas of society. One of the key components of spatial development of cities is the distribution of population and urban settlements; since transformations in societies have been a function of population and the mobility and demographic behavior of cities, the division of cities into large, medium and small cities is particularly important for sociological explanation and analysis. Medium-sized cities are of particular importance as moderators of different pressures and transfer of different facilities and services from large cities to small towns and villages. This study was conducted to investigate the cultural consequences of urban spatial development in Iran. Also the study for this research is related to the statistical data of 1375-1395 and the study of population changes in the average cities during the mentioned period and the average city of Marand has been studied. For this purpose, using the survey method, the views of the citizens and elites of Marand were obtained in the items defined in the questionnaire. The obtained data were explained by statistical analysis. The results of applying statistical tests show that the spatial development of the city of Marand has had some consequences in the field of urban culture.