高校地誌教育への動態地誌導入に関する一試論

Abstract

According to the author's view, teachers of geography should stand to teach characters and characteristics of regions vividly. Dynamic regional geography is very useful for this role, in which the relationships of geographical elements are made much of, and most important subjects in the region have to discuss in the first step. The most important point in dynamic regional geography should be “the way of life”, which is the result of economic activities, and in which some cultural aspects are reflected. The author tries to make a dynamic regional geography of the Istanbul Metropolitan Area according to the way of life. The Metropolitan Area is divided into three areas: the central area where the rate of population growth is low; the middle, high; the peripheral area, low (Fig. 2).(1) The central area Eminönü shows that Istanbul is a tourist city in the Islamic world, where the citizens live on many historical inheritances: the preeminence of religious functions in the city enables chief mosques to the central core of this area, and in the immediate neighborhood we can find bazaars and public baths. In Beyoglu, there are Istiklâl Street and Taksim District, where lodging, amusement, and information facilities which are related to sightseeing are located. The livelihood is based on sightseeing here too.(2) The middle area consists of three groups, that is, the first (Bakirköy and Kartal), the second (Gaziosmanpasa, Eyüp, Sisli, Fatih and Zeytinburnu) and the third group (Üskudar, Kadiköy, Besiktas and Sariyer). Into the first group area many people have been immigrating as factory workers. The second had been industrialized in early days, but we can find the urban problems there: the population growth is more rapid than the development of industries, which is characteristic in developing countries. The third is a suburban residential or recreational district along Bosphorus, where the livelihood is based on the more beautiful natural environment.(3) The peripheral area includes Silivri, Çatalca, Beykoz, Sile and Yalova. They are agricultural regions, and the inhabitants get a livelihood by supplying the urban district with food.