Rural Development
Asgar Hosseinzadeh; Mehdi Moameri; Ardavan ghorbani; Raoof Mostafazadeh; Morteza Mofidi Chalan
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Due to the proximity to natural resources and the environment around them, the villages are most affected by the environment and are of great importance. The improper rural development poses enormous environmental challenges such as degradation of rangelands and forests, overexploitation of soil and ...
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Due to the proximity to natural resources and the environment around them, the villages are most affected by the environment and are of great importance. The improper rural development poses enormous environmental challenges such as degradation of rangelands and forests, overexploitation of soil and water resources and threats to wildlife. Of course, the distribution pattern and accessibility to service-based infrastructural indicators indicates the growth and development of rural areas and the attitude towards decentralized planning in the country. This research was carried out in 2022 with the aim of identifying and rank rank service-based infrastructure indicators based on services, in the northern villages of Ardabil province, using a variety of prioritization methodologies. The research method is descriptive-analytical and applied, according to the nature and purpose of the research. 15 indicators with appropriate level of validity and consensus of executive experts and academic experts were selected to measure the infrastructure in the region. According to the results, the highest rate related to the index of access to electricity is in the villages of Meshgin Shahr with a value of 86.71% and the lowest rate related to the index of access to agricultural machinery repair shop is in Garmi city with a value of 3.86. In general, the results showed that Dasht village in Meshginshahr city was at the first level compared to other villages (Ci=0.693) and Eastern Qashlaq village in Beileswar city was at the last level (Ci=0.497). Therefore, it is suggested that while locating rural areas at different levels, especially the level of access to existing facilities, the strengthening of village facilities and expansion of infrastructure and welfare services should be prioritized.
Rural Development
Ahad Norouzzadeh
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The aim of this study was to investigate the pathology of complaints in rural cooperatives and provide solutions to reduce them, in two stages of team analysis and survey with a sustainable rural development approach in an exploratory and descriptive manner in 2021. The statistical population in the ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the pathology of complaints in rural cooperatives and provide solutions to reduce them, in two stages of team analysis and survey with a sustainable rural development approach in an exploratory and descriptive manner in 2021. The statistical population in the first stage was 23 heads of departments, managers, board members and inspectors of rural cooperatives in the province who were selected by sampling chain reference (snowball method) and in the second stage 200 employees of cooperative offices, labor and Social welfare of the province and members of cooperatives that were selected by stratified random sampling. The data collection tools in the first stage were in-depth interviews and in the second stage, a researcher-made questionnaire resulting from the first stage. For data analysis in the first stage, the Theme analysis method and Atlas-ti software in 6 stages and in the second stage, the first and second confirmation factor analysis tests were used with the help of Amos software. According to the findings of the research, the factor "lack of financial transparency" with a path coefficient of 0.744 had the greatest effect on the occurrence of complaints in these companies. After this factor, "weakness in supervision and control" factor with a coefficient of 0.714, "weakness in management" factor with a path coefficient of 0.592, "preference for individual interests" factor with a path coefficient of 0.568, "not being competitive" factor with Path coefficient of 0.53, "revision of laws" factor with a coefficient of 0.521 and finally "limits and authority" factor with a coefficient of 0.312 were respectively identified as the most important and influential factors of complaints in rural cooperative companies. Based on this, it is suggested to pay attention to the conflict of interest in these companies. Also, continuous monitoring and necessary inspections and consideration of the balance sheet and performance and profit and loss accounts, the proposed budget and the reports of the board of directors to the general assembly should also be reviewed.
Agri Eco.
Javad Tayranian Karimian; Jalil Farzadmehr; Reza Yari
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With the importance of medicinal and economic of shrubs Rhus coriaria, the aim of this study was to determine the most important ecological factors affecting its distribution in its natural habitats in Mashhad rangelands. Sampling was done by systematic-random sampling method with 3 transects and 10 ...
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With the importance of medicinal and economic of shrubs Rhus coriaria, the aim of this study was to determine the most important ecological factors affecting its distribution in its natural habitats in Mashhad rangelands. Sampling was done by systematic-random sampling method with 3 transects and 10 plots per transect and vegetation parameters and environmental factors were measured. Soil properties were sampled from the beginning and end of each transect. Statistical analyzes were performed using R software and analysis of variance, considering the normality of the data. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to investigate the distribution of environmental factors. Results of analysis of variance of measured factors showed that there were no significant differences between percentages of sand, clay, silt and soil texture as well as percent and slope factors. Mostly distributed in eastern and southeast oriental species, loamy soil texture, slope percentage between slopes of 30-37% and soil sand percentage between 42-46%, The silt percentage is between 37 and 44% and the clay content is between 13 and 19%. The results showed that among the factors of height, annual rainfall, electrical conductivity, carbon, phosphorus, potassium, lime, acidity, mean annual temperature, there was a significant difference between the studied sites at 1% level of annual maximum and minimum annual temperature; In other words, these factors are not the most important factors of species distribution and they only differ among the studied habitats and cause differentiation of species.
Rural Development
esmaeil aliakbari; reza mokhtarimalakabadi; chamran mousavi
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The concept of livability has emerged alongside sustainability as a slogan in public discourse and planning. In relation to the creation or preservation of cities, planners and policymakers cite the concept of livability as a guiding principle for investment and decision-making and shaping the urban ...
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The concept of livability has emerged alongside sustainability as a slogan in public discourse and planning. In relation to the creation or preservation of cities, planners and policymakers cite the concept of livability as a guiding principle for investment and decision-making and shaping the urban social, economic, physical and biological environment, and livability. Are considered the standard of living and the general desirability of people living in a settlement like the city. One of the basic preconditions for planning in order to improve the quality of life and increase the level of sustainability in various communities is to identify the factors and elements that provide and affect urban viability that play a major role in strategic planning of the government. The present study aims to determine a framework for urban biodiability by evaluating strategic factors. The type of research is descriptive, analytical and survey according to the applied-development goal and in terms of nature and method. The information and data required for the research have been collected using documentary and field methods and from the opinions of experts. In order to analyze the data, Excel and SPSS software were used and to determine strategies and viability strategies, the SWOT model was used. Findings indicate that the city of Yasuj with a total of 29 strengths and opportunities with a weight score of 3.15 and 4.01, respectively, as advantages, has great potential for viability in various dimensions. But at the same time, 30 weaknesses and threats facing this region with a weight score of 3.49 and 3.44, respectively, as limitations show that it also faces challenges and problems. Therefore, raising the score of opportunities and weaknesses (OW) according to experts, the most important strategy for officials to make better use of opportunities and strengthen strengths and reduce weaknesses and prevent harm is a review strategy.
Geography and plan
Shahram Amir Entekhabi; Hadi Gharagozloo; Eyvaz Amini
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The master plan is an official document for the physical development of rural settlements. It can play a special and effective role in the development of the country's villages and improving the lives of the villagers, have less attention to its effects on the quality of life of residents. Therefore, ...
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The master plan is an official document for the physical development of rural settlements. It can play a special and effective role in the development of the country's villages and improving the lives of the villagers, have less attention to its effects on the quality of life of residents. Therefore, in the present study, an attempt has been made to study and evaluate the effects of the implementation of the pilot project on improving the quality of life of rural communities. The statistical population of the study included all inhabited villages (49 villages) in Khalajistan district. 10 villages were selected from two groups with project implementation and no project implementation as a statistical sample by "probabilistic classification" method. To measure quality of life, 38 items from four dimensions (environmental, economic, social and physical) were selected as criteria. Data were collected through a questionnaire and analyzed in SPSS software by Mann-Whitney test and the effect. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by several professors and rural planning experts and its reliability was calculated by SPSS software and its rate was 0.78. The results of calculating the effect show that the implementation of the project in the physical dimension, had the most effect (0.67) and the economic dimension had the least effect (0.30) in the villages with the implementation of the project. To classify the severity of the effect according to Cohen's criterion, the effect on each of the environmental, economic and social dimensions was moderate, and on the physical dimension was high. Therefore, there is a significant difference between the two groups in physical, environmental, social and economic dimensions. Also, the implementation of the plan had the greatest effect on the physical dimension and the least effect on the economic dimension. According to Cohen's criterion, the amount of effect in the physical dimension was "high" and in the environmental, social and economic dimensions was "moderate". Therefore, in order to prepare and implement development plans and projects, attention should be paid to the capabilities of the villages and proper knowledge of the people and the region.
Agricultural Extension and Education
rostam fathi; amir azizpanah
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Due to various limitations in order to provide face-to-face training to farmers, it is more important to use methods that can make access to new sciences possible with minimal time and cost. One of these methods is the use of information and communication technology, which is significantly expanding ...
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Due to various limitations in order to provide face-to-face training to farmers, it is more important to use methods that can make access to new sciences possible with minimal time and cost. One of these methods is the use of information and communication technology, which is significantly expanding in the agricultural sector. Therefore, it is necessary to know the factors affecting the use of these technologies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the use of these technologies among farmers in northern Khuzestan in 1399. A sample of 150 people was selected using cluster sampling method and SPSS software and logistic regression were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the age variable has a significant decreasing effect on the use of training based on information and communication technologies and for each year of decreasing age, these trainings increase by 0/03 units. For one hour of increase in extension training, 0/04 units and for each increase of farmer income, use of training increased by 0/14 units. The effect of land size and membership in cooperatives on the use of ICT-based training was insignificant. The predictive sensitivity of the regression model was 0.75.8 and its detectability was 0.81.8 respectively. In general in 0.79.3 cases, the estimated model correctly predicted the categories. Due to the greater impact of farmer income on the use of ICT-based training, it is suggested that the cost of the Internet for web-based agricultural training platforms be reduced as much as possible.
Rural Development
Karim Mohammadi; Mahnaz Mohammadzadeh Nasirabadi; Tahereh Sharghi
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Tourism is one of the most important activities that have played a special role in the economic development of some countries in recent decades. The expansion of tourism can lead to a fair distribution of income at the national level, especially in the countryside. This can also somewhat contribute to ...
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Tourism is one of the most important activities that have played a special role in the economic development of some countries in recent decades. The expansion of tourism can lead to a fair distribution of income at the national level, especially in the countryside. This can also somewhat contribute to sustainable development in all parts of the country by filling the development gap between different regions of the country (especially in the villages). The purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting sustainable development of rural tourism in the Zorabad village in the eastern Alamut district of Qazvin. The statistical population of this study consists of 400 rural tourism activists. 112 individuals were selected using Cochran statistic and random sampling. In the present study, the main instrument for data collection was a questionnaire whose face validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.89). According to the results, five factors of rural potential, public participation, employment development, and governmental, cultural and social support for sustainable tourism development were identified.
Tourism
Hosein Farahani; Seysde Parvin Hoseyni; SHadi Bayazidi
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The study of literature on rural development and planning shows that one of the most well-known rural development strategies is entrepreneurship. Hence, what is at stake here is the importance of the role of rural entrepreneurship and rural business. In this regard, this research aims to analyze the ...
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The study of literature on rural development and planning shows that one of the most well-known rural development strategies is entrepreneurship. Hence, what is at stake here is the importance of the role of rural entrepreneurship and rural business. In this regard, this research aims to analyze the factors affecting entrepreneurship in the rural tourism sector, which is descriptive-analytical in terms of its nature and method and with regard to its intended purposes. The statistical population in this study was the population living in the villages of Zoeram Township. According to the modified version of Cochran, 131 questionnaires were prepared. The data and data were collected in 2017 using library and field studies (observation and completion of questionnaires). After collecting data from the questionnaire, using simple random sampling, data obtained after encoding were analyzed by descriptive and analytic statistical methods using the SPSS and AMOS software. The results showed that economic, social, natural - ecological and organizational factors are effective in creating rural tourism space. And the weakness of the individual situation with the least amount of evidence suggests that it has a negative effect on the creation of a tourism entrepreneurial environment, which can even be regarded as an effective barrier, in spite of a progressive barrier with creative intellectual enhancement and entrepreneurship can be transformed into an opportunity and improved conditions.
Geography and plan
Mahmoudreza Mirlotfi; Mohammad Mollashahi
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One of the approaches to attain psychological empowerment of villagers and change their livelihood pattern is to pay attention to their motives and motivations, which allows individuals who look forward to the future be filled with events, trends, prospects and actions plus their current demands based ...
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One of the approaches to attain psychological empowerment of villagers and change their livelihood pattern is to pay attention to their motives and motivations, which allows individuals who look forward to the future be filled with events, trends, prospects and actions plus their current demands based on future needs. Therefore, the main objective of this research study is to investigate future psychological empowerment of villagers in changing their livelihood pattern. The present study is an applied research study carried out in a descriptive-analytical manner in terms of its nature and method. The statistical population of the study consists of all rural households in the Sistan region, which is based on the year 2016 statistics with 60075 households in 796 rural areas. Initially, based on the Sharp formula, 40 villages were selected and the sample size was determined using the Cochran formula at 95% level of 321 households. They were randomly selected to complete the questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson, regression and stepwise regression algorithms in the SPSS22 software package. The GIS10.1 software was used for spatial analysis and drawing maps. The results of this study showed that there is a meaningful relationship between rural empowerment of villagers and their livelihood pattern, such that psychological work with moderate intensity and variance of 45.5% is effective in changing the livelihood pattern of these villagers.
Geography and plan
Jeyran Chamcham; Ali Asghar Mirakzadeh; Abas Mahravan
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Modernization of rural housing based on the principles of sustainability is one of the most important prerequisites for achieving sustainable development in rural areas. This can only be achieved by knowing the exact status of rural housing and its range of stability. And rural planning is not possible ...
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Modernization of rural housing based on the principles of sustainability is one of the most important prerequisites for achieving sustainable development in rural areas. This can only be achieved by knowing the exact status of rural housing and its range of stability. And rural planning is not possible without it. On the other hand, survey of the stability of the different aspects of rural housing will have a decisive role in decisions related to how to promote this project aimed at sustainable rural development. Therefore, this study we have investigated and compared the economic, Social, environmental, technical and physical aspects of new rural housing with sustainability approach, quantitative paradigm and the case study method. The statistical population in the study were all the people of Baba Hoseyn Bridge Village from which a number were selected who had reconstructed their homes. The results are shown in 4 dimensions of new housing's economic, social, environmental, technical and physical aspects in the Baba Hoseyn Bridge Village although they have very little inclination towards sustainability. Despite this, the hybrid economic index for reconstruction of rural housing turned out to be more stable than other metrics.
