The Zoning of Economic Sustainability Levels of Rural Settlements (Case study: Qom Province)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

hadi gharagozlou ¹ , Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli ² , farhad azizpour ³ , hamid jalalian ⁴

1 - Ph.D. Candidate in Geography and Rural Planning, University of Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Associate Prof. in Geography and Rural Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Prof. in Geography and Rural Planning, University of Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Associate Prof. in Geography and Rural Planning, University of Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2018-05-09 Accepted : 2018-12-23 Published : 2020-06-21

Keywords: Qom province, Sustainable rural development, Economic Sustainability, F'ANP model,

Abstract :

AbstractThe sustainability of rural settlements depends on its economic sustainability. Today, sustainable economic development is considered as the main economic objective in the planning of developing countries. The prerequisite for planning for economic stabilization of villages is to be aware of their position and ability in this dimension. Accordingly, the present study is to analyze and measure the spatial levels of Economic Sustainability rural settlements located in Qom province. The present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of the method of research. The statistical population of the study includes inhabited villages of Qom province. For weighing the indicators of the research the F'ANP model has been utilized; by using the multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) method WASPAS indicators were integrated and the final indicator of development was determined. Determining the spatial pattern of sustainable economic development was conducted by cluster analysis method using ARC GIS software; linear regression was utilized to measure the effective factors in the final indicator of development. Besides, EXCEL, SPSS and MATLAB software were used as analysis tools. The results of this study showed rural settlements of Qom province are not in desirable position in terms of economic sustainability. In terms of sustainability, the studied Rural also differed significantly, indicating spatial inequality in terms of economic sustainability levels. Also, the impact of the factors studied was not as high as that. So that some factors have a greater impact on the economic sustainability of the studied rural.

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