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The Analysis of Social Ecology and Physical Development Process of Cities (Towns) Case Study: Alvand City

1Heshmati Ahmad, 2Marsousi Nafiseh, 3Farhoodi, Rahmat-o-allat and 2Ali Akbari, Esmail
1Department of Urban Geography, Scientific Group, Payame-Noor University, Iran
2Geography Scientific Group, Payame-Noor University, Iran
3Geography Scientific Group, Tehran University, Iran
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology  2013  19:3588-3596
http://dx.doi.org/10.19026/rjaset.6.3564  |  © The Author(s) 2013
Received: December 28, 2012  |  Accepted: February 01, 2013  |  Published: October 20, 2013

Abstract

This study aims the analysis of immigration influence on Alvand city resident's economical and living situation and its subsequent effects on Alvand city's social structure and its ecology and even its adjacency to industrial Alborz city. This analysis focuses on Alvand city's physical development using the software techniques such as GIS and using population data resulted from immigration which effects its physical development. We have increasingly witnessed the job-looking based immigrations since 1966 to 2006 which appeared differently in social, physical and spatial structure. This alternation and newly different situation has been seen apparently. The president's economic situation and immigration issue which considered as the most essential factor resulting in the ecology movements concerning Alvand city's circumstances. Such a factor could be seen in cultural varieties in Alvand city. This study also analyzes the ecological factors such as the immigration, economical situation, ecological movements and its influence on physical development using the descriptive and correlational methods to prove whether there is a logical relation among varieties providing that this statement is confirmed, this relation will be able to describe and explain the correlations in the different forms. The results show that immigration has influenced the spatial distribution of social groups and physical development of Alvand city.

Keywords:

Alvand city, ecological movements, physical development, social ecology, spatial distribution,


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The authors have no competing interests.

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ISSN (Online):  2040-7467
ISSN (Print):   2040-7459
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