The Differences of Space Memory and Identity of Germany and Iran

Abstract

One of the new topics in geomorphology is the concept of identity and space memory. This category, which began with proposing the phenomenological perspective in geography, differs from the foundations of logical positivism. Phenomenological geomorphology begins with a system of new terms such as land con-text and land-text, and concepts such as logic of space Syntax, memory and space are born. As a result, the German geomorphology problem can be defined as: How many land-context in Germany have been created? And what's the space identity of these land –context? The results of a joint study by the University of Isfahan and Wurzburg, based on the analysis of the Litholex database, show that: * Germany has three land-context in its space memory. *The ice-water equilibrium line separates these three land-contexts. *Urban settlements in this country have got their own space identity from Convergence law of Ice River and river meandering, and rural settlement is resulting of the development of social settlements in forest. The theoretical frame of this research is based on phenomenology and Junet analytical text. The data that is used in project has been got from Litholex, eea. Europa and maps-EU-DEM. The variables was analyzed, are density of villages, disparity of settlements, I.W.E, convergence of glacial river, which are assessment for three area of Germany .In the last phases the obtained outcomes was compared with the same variables in Iran.The local identity of urban settlements in the country follows the law of convergence of ice vectors and river meandering, and rural settlement is the result of the social development of forestry.

Keywords

• spatial arrangement
• spatial memory
• water and ice balance line
• spatial identity