Rural Settlements of the Tire Province as an Example to the Effects of Geographiıcal Formatiıons on Rural Settlement Patterns Cover Image

Yerşekillerinin Kırsal Yerleşim Dokusu Üzerindeki Etkilerine Bir Örnek Olarak Tire İlçesi Köyleri
Rural Settlements of the Tire Province as an Example to the Effects of Geographiıcal Formatiıons on Rural Settlement Patterns

Author(s): Beycan Hocaoğlu
Subject(s): Physical Geopgraphy, Regional Geography, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: İzmir Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi, Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Fakültesi
Keywords: Tire;Physical Geography

Summary/Abstract: Characteristics of Human Geography of an area are closely interconnected with physical features of that area such as topography, hydrography, vegetation and climatology. Even though determinant role of physical characteristics on the human activity in urban areas has been reduced by the advancement of contemporary technologies it is still efficient in the rural where the agricultural production still predominate human activity. The huge difference on physical features in Tire province which can be observed on North-South direction also has affected the rural landscape on that direction. The main interesting point is that the rural landscape is also change in West-East direction where the change of physical features is not clearly visible. The main aim of this study is to explain the rural landscape change on West-East direction in the rural area of Tire province.

  • Issue Year: I/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 115-124
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Turkish