بررسي ابعادي از تحولات جغرافياي فرهنگي شهر : مطالعه موردي : (مناطق 1 و 12 شهر تهران )

Transformation of Urban Cultural Geography Case study: Regions No.1 & 12, Tehran

The cultural geographers study cultural transformations and their roles in making cultural (human) landscapes and spaces with emphasis on principles and elements of geography. In this study, cultural geography of city means the investigation cultural changes on five key concepts: cultural region, cultural diffusion, cultural ecology, cultural interweave and cultural landscape in the urban spaces. Cultural transformation means the thought, approach and behavior changes of citizens, which has important effects on the urban appearance. Cities as administrative-political, socioeconomic and cultural centers in countries are focal points of the most changes, especially cultural ones. This study has chosen Ist and 12th regions of Tehran city so that it has study and test thesis. The results of research show that spatial and cultural morphology of Tehran city and these regions are effects of two main factors: modernism in technology of communications; changes of welfare level and socioeconomic status of citizens on the urban structure.