مدينة الحصاحيصا "دراسة في جغرافيا المدن "

Abstract

Abstract _ This research is a subjectional methodological study in Urban "Geography. It deals with one of the most important towns in the Gezira State. The Hasahisa Tovm, which is characterized by its multi-economical activities. There are many factors worked together to bring out the emergence and the development of this town, of which are its good location on the main asfaltated road, which link the center of the Sudan with the main port of Sudan in the East, and its rich hinterland because of the presence of Gezira Scheme, in addition to human and physical factors. The researcher follows the analytical descriptive method in his physical phenornenon’s studies. He also uses the statistical approach inscheduling and reporting the datc!.concerning the population and other sides of this research. He also uses the historical approach in his report of the developmental aspects in the town. ' A Regarding the sources ofthe information collection that serves the theoretical and historical sides , he makes use of the written different books in the field of Urban Geography in addition to the periodicals in this field, the official reports, and the personal interviews, which had been conducted with the educated and seniors persons in the town. The applied side achieved through the fieldwork, which requires many visits to the town, through which the collection of information anddata had been obtained from its basic sources. . This research comprises seven chapters: the First Chapter is an introductory chapter. The Second Chapter comprises the theoretical framework and the previous studies. The Third Chapter tackles the environmental circumstances of the study area. The Fourth Chapter discusses the population conditions in the town. ‘The Fifth Chapter “morphology of the Town” deals with the establishment, and the development of settlement of the town, its planning, its functional structure and its main problems. The Six Chapter , tackles the study of the town region, in which the boundaries had been layed for some functional relations for the Hasahisa Town with its region. Finally, researcher concludes his research with the results, and recommendations concerning some matters about the town planning and the services delivered to the population of the town, this-has come in the seventh chapter.