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Identifying the Challenges of Improvement Plans for Valuable Rural Fabrics (Case Study: Khorasan Razavi Province)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 M.Sc. in Geography and Rural Planning, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

10.30473/psp.2025.70382.2713

Abstract

In Iran, improvement plans for valuable rural fabrics have been prepared and implemented by the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation since 2000 with significant financial investment. Although these plans have led to transformations in valuable rural fabrics, they face challenges, like all other plans, that impede the effective realization of their objectives. Accordingly, the present study aims to identify the challenges of improvement plans for valuable rural fabrics. The research method is developmental in terms of purpose and analytical in terms of nature and research method. Given that the improvement plan for valuable rural fabrics in Khorasan Razavi Province has only been implemented in six villages—Kahak, Jazin, Riab, Azghad, Kong, and Dizbad—this study examines all these villages. In this study, 168 local residents and 17 rural experts participated in completing questionnaires. Data analysis was conducted using exploratory factor analysis and a one-sample t-test in SPSS software. The results indicated that the most significant challenges in the implementation of improvement plans for valuable rural fabrics are 8 challenges accounting for 64% of the variance. Furthermore, the most important challenges in the preparation of the plan include 5 challenges with 57.1% of the variance. Overall, the common and critical challenge in both the preparation and implementation phases of improvement plans for valuable rural fabrics is the "lack of comprehensiveness in the fabric's scope," which alone accounts for 18.7% of the variance in the preparation phase and 12.7% in the implementation phase. Clearly, understanding the challenges of the plan enables higher-level planning managers to achieve more effective and beneficial formulation and planning by identifying and addressing the plan's weaknesses; a matter that has received less attention from managers despite the emphasis of various studies on its reform and revision.

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Physical Social Planning
Volume 11, Issue 4
April 2025
Pages 39-58
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