Abstract:
To date, a majority of geographers have attempted to define the manifestations for convergence between natural phenomena and human's social and behavioral activities. With regard to the results of previous studies in this context, this study seeks to examine and analyze the extent to which geomorphology and its dependant forms affect human culture. In this regard, the culture which evolves under influence of geomorphologic capabilities within the regions has been considered as an organism with various organs. As known, the culture can be influenced of various components such as religion, politics, economy and so forth. Yet, this study seeks to define how cultures can be affected by geomorphologic visions within regions; this can be rooted in ecological thinking or ethology. In doing so, to define and approve our idea in this study, views and theories of geographers have been used as the reference model, so that analysis of them has paved the way to theorize human culture and how it is affected by geomorphology. In addition, an area as research location in Paveh County, Kermanshah Province has been considered for data collection through field study, through which suitable outcomes have been obtained.
Machine summary:
This can be a new idea in expansion of the role and importance of the science of geomorphology and developing a new area for this field in science of geography which is based on analysis of effects of geomorphology on forming human cultures in different geographical regions.
In doing so, to define and approve our idea in this study, views and theories of geographers have been used as the reference model, so that analysis of them has paved the way to theorize human culture and how it is affected by geomorphology.
In doing so, to define and approve our idea in this study, views and theories of geographers have been used as the reference model, so that analysis of them has paved the way to theorize human culture and how it is affected by geomorphology.
As a geographic space in a mountainous region compared to coastal area relies on its geomorphologic landforms, thus the human's behaviors match with the environment, so that this process over the time provides necessary obligations in human's behavioral differences and its institutionalizing in cultural structure.
According to the analysis of what mentioned above, it can deduce that geographic space is a generality from existing geographic elements at any region, thus geomorphology which affects human culture is the major element in geographic space, so that such a concept develops from various components including Syncline, Anticlinal, the height of an area, the amount and percentage of slope, presence or absence of mountains, hills, valleys, presence or absence of coastal lowlands, that each of these geographic components can alone affect human culture and emergence of the contexts for cultural ethics, or they can be often considered as an inhibiting or limiting cultural behaviors on human life.