%0 Journal Article %A shaterian, mohsen %T Analysis of Social Consequences of Changing Rural Area to City Case Study: Niasar City, Sefid Shahr , Barzak and Meshkat in Kashan %J Geographical Space %V 16 %N 55 %U http://geographical-space.iau-ahar.ac.ir/article-1-466-en.html %R %D 2016 %K Changing Rural Area to City, Kashan, Area, Rural - urban, small towns, %X That is why changing rural areas to city has become one of the most significant challenges in the late decades, especially in developing countries. This study is based on an applied-basic research. Applied, because in this research, it is being tried to evaluate the theories in one region and on the other hand, it is basic because the research results can be effective in changing rural areas to city. The case study has been chosen according to the purpose of getting familiar and analytic the consequences of this change. Therefore, the impact of changing rural areas to city can be seen and analyzed in their advancement. Going through this research, documental and analytic methods can be used. To analyze the indicators it is needed to collect in formations which the sample volume (700) has been chosen according to the city population with the use of Cochran method. The number of the samples is divided equally in to four rural areas which were changed to city and distributed in Kashan randomly and finally. The data's have been analyzed by SPSS software. results have shown although having city role has got negative aspects such as increasing life, land expenses but the positive ones are more for instance increasing of quality and quantity services , decreasing immigration, increasing of accepting immigrants, development in employment, rise of leisure activities like internet and computer games, exercising, reading books ,magazines ,newspaper ,artistic activities ,travelling , listening to music, increasing people participation in political social affairs. Thus, changing rural areas to cities in Kashan has got a positive process. %> http://geographical-space.iau-ahar.ac.ir/article-1-466-en.pdf %P 45-64 %& 45 %! %9 Research %L A-10-562-1 %+ University kashan %G eng %@ 1735322X %[ 2016