التفاعل المكاني للمدن الرئيسية في إقليم جنوب الأردن

Abstract EN

The study aimed at identifying the cutting points and the size of the interaction between the first city and the second city in the southern region of Jordan.

The researcher used the analytical method, including a number of quantitative models represented by: Rally model, the model of population attraction center, the model of relative proximity, and the model of attraction.

By using Rally model, the study revealed that there is a variation in the distances of cutting points between the first city and the second city, both at the governorates' level and within the same governorate.

By using the model of population center of attraction, the study showed that the largest size of interaction at the governorates' level was between Aqaba and Ma'an, and that the largest size of interaction for the same governorate was in Al Karak.

By applying the relative proximity model, the study showed the low level of interaction between the city of Aqaba and the rest of the major cities at the governorates level, while it showed the high level of interaction in the city of Al-Karak in comparison with the other cities.

Finally, By applying the attraction model, the highest level of interaction at the governorates' level was between Ma'an and Aqaba, while the lowest level of interaction was between Al-Karak and Aqaba.

As for the same governorate level, it showed that the highest level of interaction was in Al-Karak governorate between the city of Al-Karak and Al-Thaniya, while the lowest level of interaction was in the governorate of Al-Tafila between the cities of both Al-Tafila and Al-Hasa, as well as in Ma'an governorate between the cities of Ma'an and Al-Jafir.

The study recommends about incorporating the small cities with some medium-sized cities and increasing the size of the developmental projects and increasing the size of developmental projects in the cities surrounding the main cities