Structural Analysis of Rural-Urban Linkages Effective in Food Security in Rural Areas Using Micmac Fuzzy Linguistics Method (FLMICMAC) (Case Study: Peri-urban Settlements of Dehdasht)

Anabestani, Aliakbar; Sanaei Moghadam, Soroush

doi:10.22048/rdsj.2024.441246.2160

Structural Analysis of Rural-Urban Linkages Effective in Food Security in Rural Areas Using Micmac Fuzzy Linguistics Method (FLMICMAC) (Case Study: Peri-urban Settlements of Dehdasht)

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Aliakbar Anabestani ¹

Soroush Sanaei Moghadam ²

¹ Professor in Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

² - Ph.D. Candidate in Geography and Rural Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22048/rdsj.2024.441246.2160

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to analyze the key factors affecting the rural-urban Linkages in the food security of the peri-urban rural areas of Dehdasht. The research method is based on the purpose of the applied type and based on its nature, descriptive-analytical and causal-survey with a future research approach. The method of collecting information was through documentary (library, scientific journals) and field (questionnaire) methods in order to extract the key factors of the questionnaire in four Next, including the economic, socio-cultural, informational and infrastructural-institutional factors affecting food security, it was prepared and distributed among the members of the sample community. The sample community of this research consists of 25 experts and specialists. For the validity and reliability of the questionnaire, the opinions of university professors were used, and for its reliability, Cronbach's alpha method was used. For data analysis and structural analysis of the influence of each of the indicators affecting food security, the software (FL MICMAC) was used. The findings of the research have shown that among the 76 investigated factors in four dimensions, 16 key factors include economic links (increasing public and private investment, providing services, facilities and inputs, improving investment in the production of tools and diversifying the income sources of rural households), in the dimension Socio-cultural links (reception of the planning model by rural managers, participation of stakeholders, especially elites, investors, acceptance of change from the attitude and sense of social justice), information links (sharing of information and communication between buyers and sellers, informing of agricultural products and tourist attractions, forming a the competitive environment of food products and improving technological communication with modeling and branding) and institutional infrastructure links (government support to improve the condition of agricultural lands, efforts to improve the condition of roads between urban centers and villages, the establishment of a rural credit fund and the establishment of multi-purpose cooperatives) as key drivers Were identified; And it is expected that with the mentioned drivers, Dehdasht city will be able to take steps towards the food security of rural areas in the form of rural-urban Lnkages.

Keywords

Rural-urban linkages

FLMICMAC

Food security

Future studies

Dehdasht city

Subjects

Geography and plan

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