بازتاب فضايي تحول كار كردن مرز جلفا پس از فروپاشي شوروي سابق

The Spatial Effects of the Change in the Jolfa Border Function

On the fifteenth of February 1990, an understanding memorandum was signed between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the U.S.S.R following this, the northern boundaries of Iran were reopened after many years and communication between two sides restarted. At that time Jolfa boundary, in Eastern Azerbaijan , was one of the reopening boundary regions. The present research is to find out the spatial influence of reopening of the mentioned boundary on the region of Jolfa, and answering the main question. The research adopted an analytical descriptive method, using information from a variety of sources such as library, documents and field works (questionnaire, observation and interview. The research achieved to the following: Reopening of Jolfa border is the cause of development of the city of Jolfa, development of communication and transportation systems, change of political structure of space, development of economic structures, peopleʹs cultural approach to the trans border and the change of the function of police forces and border guards. On the other hand, it has had no effects on rural services and it hasnʹt led to the increase of immigration to Jolfa.