Geography

Geography

Metropolitan creep, annexation and physical-spatial fabric conflict case: Darband-Kashank axis (north of Tehran)

Authors
1 Rural Geography, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran. Iran.
2 Khwarazmi University, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Iran
3 Khwarazmi University, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Iran.
Abstract
The excessive growth of cities and metropolises is the result of various factors and forces that can be traced in a connected chain. In fact, one of the most obvious and well-known factors involved in this process is population movements and the concentration of facilities and activities in cities, especially metropolises; In this connection, the two phenomena of corrosion and urban creep are considered to be complementary phenomena of this uncontrolled growth process, which are closely linked with the encroachment of urban centers on the surrounding lands and most of the surrounding agricultural and rural lands. If in practice the source of all the problems of cities and metropolises cannot be traced in t