THE SIZES OF CITIES IN URBAN SYSTEM AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT -AN APPLIED RESEARCH OF KERBLA GOVERNORATE -

Abstract

There is a relationship between the sizes of urban centers and regional
development, concerning the role that these centers are playing in
developmental process.
The research assume that the urban system in the governorate, has
been affected by the external environment due to the religious dominance of
Kerbla city.
The research is composed of three sections, the first is a theoretical
background, which focus upon the general directions of the models and
theories that have a relationship with the subject. The second is a practical
part aims at determination the characteristics of the sizes of the cities in the
governorate. Depending upon of previous part, i.e., the practical part section three deals with suggestions that aim at developing the urban policy in the
governorate.
The results have shown, the primate pattern is common feature in the
urban system owing to over urbanization of Kerbla city, which extremes the
law of primate city that has been established by Jefferson. Thus, coreperiphery
model that Friedmann has Firmed appears due to the reduction of
interdependency between the cities in governorate.
The research suggest, that the governorate has to follow Agropolitandevelopment
strategy, especially in the southern and western parts, in order
to decrease the unbalance urban development.