zohreh sadeghi; farhad azizpour; Asghar tahmasebi; Mohsen Sartipipour
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Suitable housing in rural areas is considered a key factor in sustainable development and the improvement of the quality of life for rural inhabitants. In this regard, the present study aims to, in addition to extracting indicators of sustainable housing based on the lived experiences of rural people, ...
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Suitable housing in rural areas is considered a key factor in sustainable development and the improvement of the quality of life for rural inhabitants. In this regard, the present study aims to, in addition to extracting indicators of sustainable housing based on the lived experiences of rural people, assess the current housing situation in the rural areas along the Zayandeh Rud River in Falavarjan Township. The research method in this study is descriptive-analytical, and it is applied in terms of purpose. Data were collected in the first phase of the research through semi-structured interviews with 30 rural households, and in the second phase through a survey of 373 rural households. Based on the findings, the research concludes that normative meta-narratives derived from common mentality based on deductive logic (such as the conceptual model of sustainable housing), considering regional-local requirements, especially the local community's perception of explanatory power, do not have the same explanatory power for all spaces. The psychological-environmental dimension is an aspect of sustainable housing that has been neglected in meta-narratives but emphasized by the local community. Furthermore, based on the expanded conceptual model, this study revealed that housing development in the studied geographical area is not integrated, coordinated, and sustainable.
Asadollah heidari; vahid ghanbari torkamani
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Today, structural barriers in rural settlements are considered a fundamental challenge in rural development. These barriers impact the capabilities and limitations of the settlement system, and their identification is crucial for achieving systematic and sustainable development of rural-urban settlements. ...
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Today, structural barriers in rural settlements are considered a fundamental challenge in rural development. These barriers impact the capabilities and limitations of the settlement system, and their identification is crucial for achieving systematic and sustainable development of rural-urban settlements. This research aims to analyze development barriers and rural instability in various dimensions, determine the contribution of key influencing factors, and identify effective components in this process, using a structural-functional dynamism approach. In terms of purpose, this research is applied, and in terms of method, it is descriptive-analytical based on documentary and field methods. The statistical population of the research includes 43 indicators in 6 components and the study of 168 selected samples at the level of urban and rural settlements of Turkmanchay. The obtained data were analyzed using structural equation modeling, factor analysis, and regression. The results showed that in prioritizing development barriers, the social and economic components ranked first and second with average ranks of 5.06 and 5.01, respectively, and the highest factor loading in the development of the township is achieved through these two factors. Also, among the effective indicators in the major migration component, the occurrence of continuous droughts with 69% had the highest impact and was ranked first. The local capabilities and capacities indicator in the development component played the primary role and indicates a definitive and central impact on development.
hooshmand attaee; alireza bostany; Reihaneh Soltani; gity salahi
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Drought is one of the most complex and unknown natural disasters that causes irreparable economic, social and environmental damages to rural settlements. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the vulnerability of rural settlements to drought using the Coopras model in the villages located in ...
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Drought is one of the most complex and unknown natural disasters that causes irreparable economic, social and environmental damages to rural settlements. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the vulnerability of rural settlements to drought using the Coopras model in the villages located in the drought areas of Darab township. First, the drought areas of the township were determined using the rainfall statistics of 10 rain gauge stations based on the SPI (Standardized precipitation Index) model. Then, using Shannon's entropy model, 19 vulnerability variables were investigated in drought zones. Finally, using the multi-criteria decision-making model of Coopras, the ranking of the villages located in the study area was done. The results show that drought has had the greatest impact on the variables of destruction of surface and underground water sources, reduction of per capita income of farmers, abandonment of agricultural lands due to drought and migration of villagers. The results related to the ranking of the villages affected by drought show that the villages of Daulat-Abad, Darnganeh, Shahrak-Bostan and Bahadoran were the most vulnerable to the phenomenon of drought and the villages of Tal-Bargah, Junan, Nasravan and Qala Naw were less vulnerable than the surrounding villages.
Amin Faal Jalali; Maryam Ghasemi
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One of the main and important tasks of planners in rural areas is to allocate land for various uses according to the role and function and the impact of each use on the others. In fact, the ultimate goal of land use planning is to create a kind of environmental balance and social justice in the process ...
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One of the main and important tasks of planners in rural areas is to allocate land for various uses according to the role and function and the impact of each use on the others. In fact, the ultimate goal of land use planning is to create a kind of environmental balance and social justice in the process of development of residential areas. Land use planning should address quality objectives such as security, adaptability, landscape and sense of dependence on the environment. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the compatibility of rural land-uses in tourism destinations in terms of public safety, landscape, comfort and convenience. The research method is descriptive and analytical. In this study, eight tourist destinations in Binaloud county were selected and the degree of adaptation was divided into three matrices: 1- Comfort and convenience, 2- Public safety 3- Landscape and view between 49 land-uses among rural experts and the studied villages in a range categorized from fully compatible to completely incompatible. The results showed that all the studied villages are in a comparable situation in terms of adaptability. In the public safety matrix, religious use with an average of 4.16 is in the first place and historical use with an average of 3.25 is in the last place. In the landscape and perspective matrix, religious use with an average of 3.73 ranks first and industrial-workshop use with 1.35 is in the last ranking. In the comfort and convenience matrix, the use of access network and passages with an average of 4.26 is in the first place and the historical use with an average of 3.10 is in the last place. In general, in terms of compatibility, educational land-use with 3.82 is in the first place, and historical use with 3.25 is in the last place.
Hojatollah Khosravi Mal Amiri; Hossein Soleimani; Sayed Ramin Ghaffari; Ahmad Khadem al-Hosseini
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Assessing and measuring the resilience of rural communities is one of the most important tools in determining the sustainability of rural settlements when environmental hazards occur. In the Dehdez section, there are numerous rural and nomadic settlements and are prone to many environmental hazards throughout ...
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Assessing and measuring the resilience of rural communities is one of the most important tools in determining the sustainability of rural settlements when environmental hazards occur. In the Dehdez section, there are numerous rural and nomadic settlements and are prone to many environmental hazards throughout the year. Rural settlements and their inhabitants do not have adequate resilience in various dimensions in the face of environmental hazards. The purpose of this study is to explain the resilience pattern of rural settlements in Dehdez section of Izeh county. In the theoretical foundations section, various methods are explained based on previous research and theories, and then the conceptual model is presented. The study method is descriptive-analytical. The statistical population under study includes all heads of households in rural areas above 20 households with 3003 people. The sample size was 341 according to Cochran's formula. The research tool includes a questionnaire with 60 questions. The data were analyzed using SPSS 22 and AMOS software and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equations. The results indicate that each of the coefficients of impact of environmental-natural, social and economic indicators, institutional-managerial and physical-spatial on the resilience of rural settlements located in the research area are 0.73, 0.40, 0.19, and 0.25 respectively. In the resulting resilience pattern of the present study, the rural settlements of Dehdez district are generally in good condition in terms of resilience. This pattern places more weight on the natural index than on the human. As a result, in terms of natural-environmental index and adaptation to environmental conditions, villages have the highest resilience and in the institutional-management index, which requires organizational, institutional and human actions and efficiency, have the lowest resilience.
Mohammad Ghasemi Siani; Hasan Afrakhteh; Vahid Riyahi; Farhad Azizpour
Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2018, , Pages 47-64
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The occurred changes in rural areas along with their complex and various dimensions are considered as one of the main subjects of contemporary geography. Such changes include: 1- changes of physical vision of rural space in form of unbalanced expansion of rural settlements, farming patterns, new forms ...
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The occurred changes in rural areas along with their complex and various dimensions are considered as one of the main subjects of contemporary geography. Such changes include: 1- changes of physical vision of rural space in form of unbalanced expansion of rural settlements, farming patterns, new forms of agricultural and industrial facilities; 2- subtle social changes in form of discontinuity of social cohesion, cooperation, social order and calmness; 3- rural statistics changes in form of agricultural employment, number of households, and number of migrants. From a political viewpoint, all these changes can be considered as a threat for rural life authenticity. Using villagers’ participation and qualitative methods, the present study tries to investigate the occurred physical changes in villages of BonRoud and Julgeh division, Isfahan county. To do so, twenty seven targeted interviews were conducted. Required analysis was done based on the basic theory. The results indicate that some factors are involved in changes occurred in rural residency style such as: the influence of urban culture, improvement of human capital, domination of new life-spacing patterns, and tendency of people towards welfare. Such factors have changed rural residency style towards a semi-urban one, by which physical and socio-economic changes in rural areas are happening.
Davood Mahdavi; Elham Hezarian
Volume 4, Issue 4 , March 2018, , Pages 27-45
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Human beings have always been subject to the natural hazards as a permanent part of their life. Among them, devastating earthquakes are responsible for a large number of human casualty and financial losses. About a quarter of rural populations in Iran live in villages close to active geological faults. ...
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Human beings have always been subject to the natural hazards as a permanent part of their life. Among them, devastating earthquakes are responsible for a large number of human casualty and financial losses. About a quarter of rural populations in Iran live in villages close to active geological faults. It necessitates a serious attention about the rate of vulnerability of such settlements. The present study aims to evaluate the physical vulnerability of rural settlements against earthquakes in Yazd County. A descriptive-analytical method is applied. Collected data include the spatial, graphical and locational data. Two models were used for data analysis: Topsis MDM and AHP. The results showed that all villages in Fajr rural district were less vulnerable against earthquake occurrence. In contrast, all villages in rural district of Allah Abad, except the village of Tamehr, were more vulnerable against earthquakes. Results also indicated that the age of most rural buildings were more than 20 years and their low-quality materials mainly include wood and mud. In addition, insufficient access to the networks and the lack of rural housing insurance are the other factors to increase the risk of vulnerability of rural settlements. For these reasons, it is necessary to encourage modernization and rehabilitation of buildings, selecting appropriate planning programs and supporting new ideas.
Teimour Amar
Volume 2, Issue 4 , December 2015, , Pages 60-72
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The main challenges of rural sustainable development in Iran can be categorized in five groups of economical, management and programming, environmental, social, and physical factors. Physical changes of rural Iran, and accordingly rural Guilan can be viewed through two perspectives. A significant part ...
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The main challenges of rural sustainable development in Iran can be categorized in five groups of economical, management and programming, environmental, social, and physical factors. Physical changes of rural Iran, and accordingly rural Guilan can be viewed through two perspectives. A significant part of changes are related to government attempts regarding the preparing and implementing the physical projects. The other part is related to rural society itself and its organic characteristics that are formed during the ages. The mentioned changes have created other massive changes in functions of rural settlements such as alterations in agriculture system, relations between settlements, urban-rural interactions, and changes of form and pattern of housing. The important point is the impact of geographic conditions on all kind of changes with their spatial appearances. The present study applies a qualitative method to answer the following two questions: first, how can physical changes of rural settlements create barriers for sustainable development? And second, what are the strategic prefrences of physical development for rural Guilan? Findings of the present study show that main physical challenges of rural Guilan during the last three decades are: 30% reduction of agricultural lands which is resulted in 40% rise in number of urban settlements, higher rates of vulnerability against natural hazards, and changes in rural settlements functions. There have been many valuable attempts to materialize the physical development in rural areas during the last thirty years; however, the lack of a strategic planning method has blocked the formulation of a proper pattern of physical development in Guilan province.
