Özet:

One of the important powers for the emergence, growth, development or disappearance of a society is culture. Therefore, the economic structures, production modes and production methods of societies gain meaning and differentiate by their cultural structures. The necessity of cohabitation has created socialization and the social structures have created the cultural factors. At this stage, the cultural experiences and background constitute various cultural phases. These cultural phases are affected by the nature which is the spatial expression of social life and/or affect the nature. The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the concept of culture, which is the basic key of socio-psychological processes, and the evolution of human settlements. By explaining the concept of culture and its general characteristics; the agricultural, industrial and post-industrial urban structures which constitute the cultural phases are examined. The integration of the social invention and accumulation of the population with the cultural and technological activities constitute the urban processes which serve for different economic periods. In this study, by comparing the lifestyles created by the cultural structures and their relationship with nature; the effect of cultural changes on the spatial structures are discussed.

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