Naser Mohammadi Miveh Rood - M.Sc in Urban Planning, Marand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran.

The rapid growth of urbanization in developing countries, on one hand, and limitation of production capacities, on the other hand, are causes of many problems in big cities of the countries. Tabriz is one of cities that faced with problem of marginalization and nonstandard constructions. This city consists of very inappropriate social fabrics in marginalization areas. The present research aims to investigate causes and problems of marginalization in Tabriz. The research design is descriptive survey, in terms of work nature and content. However, it is applicable objectively. To collect data, there were used documents, observations, interviews and questionnaires. After collecting data, they were analyzed using SPSS18software. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov and one-sample t-test were used to evaluate variable distribution normality and test hypotheses respectively. The results showed significant impact of migration, socioeconomic status, welfare facilities in big cities, cultural, political and administrative factors on marginalization in Tabriz. Immigration has the greatest impact on marginalization.

marginalization, migration, culture, economic status