Comparison the Performance of Rural Supervisory Management (Councils) in Small and Large Villages of Ardooghshan Rural District in Neyshabur County

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Vahid Riyahi ¹ , Nazanin Naeimabadi ² , Frahad Javan ³

1 - Associate of Geography & Rural Planning, Kharazmi University, Tehran. Iran
2 - Ph.D. Candidate in Geography & Rural Planning, Kharazmi University, Tehran. Iran
3 - Ph.D. Candidate in Geography & Rural Planning, Kharazmi University, Tehran. Iran

Received: 2016-11-05 Accepted : 2018-02-07 Published : 2018-08-23

Keywords: rural management, Rural settlements, Neyshabur County, Councils’ Performance, Social - Ecocomic and Environmental Performances,

Abstract :

In many respects, rural councils’ performance depends on factors such as education, interest, social contexts and participation of villagers to a great extent. It seems that size of rural supervisorysettlements has impact on the performance of rural supervisorymanagement. The present study aims to investigate the rural management in small and large rural settlements and its differences and consequences. This is an analytical study based on library - documentary studies and after preparation of theoretical framework, indices, questionnaire and field study were done. For data analysis, SPSS and Expert Choice software were used. Questionnaires were distributed in 14 villages and among 334 persons living in big and small rural areas. To compare the success of councils in large and small villages, Mann-Whitney test was applied. Also, for economic, social and environmental ranking, Expert Choice software was used. The results of the study showed that first, significant differences were considered councils’ success rates in large and small villages in all indices, with a significance level less than 0.05 (sig < 0.05). Second, the results showed that the highest economic performance rank and the highest social rank had been allocated to large villages and also small villages, respectively.

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