Document Type : Original Research
Authors
1 Graduate M.Sc. student, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
Abstract
The aim of this study is rating Hamadan`s rural areas considering rate of enjoyment of development indicators and to determine the location of studied villages in rural - Urban chain. To this end, based on data from the General Census of Population and Housing in 1385, 37 social - economic indicators had been selected, and classified by numerical taxonomy to determine their degree of development. The results showed, villages classified in three groups of degrees of development, including, high degrees of development (18.18%), average degree of development (63.63%), and low degree of development (18.18%). The coefficients of variation results showed that the improvement of relative development level of rural area has been not followed with equal, sustainable and integrated development. The result of positioning the village center districts in the Rural-Urban chain revealed that Famenin is the most urban area and Tajrak the most rural area in the chain.
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