An Analysis of Streets Naming
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Streets
name is not merely a tool for finding directions and have different social and political implications. Public place naming is important from a theoretical and practical point of view and given the importance, in this paper we study the
street names of Rash a city in northern Iran.
The process of street naming in
terms of organizational
functions and statistical distribution of street names according to the
defined categories are focus of this paper. After a review of related
theories and researches, all names of urban routes in the city of Rasht
were extracted according to the latest edition
of the city map. The names were placed in defined
categories. The most important finding of this study is that main
streets are more affected by Islamic Revolution than secondary streets and alley. There are
also some differences in terms of socio-economic status of
municipality regions and street names in Rasht. |
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Keywords: street names, place naming, Rasht, Islamic revolution |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
General Received: 2013/06/20 | Accepted: 2013/11/8 | Published: 2014/02/19
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