Evaluation of local management in rural areas of west and southwest of Guilan province

Subject Areas : Rural and nomadic studies

mahmod qasemnejad, ¹ , nasrollah molaeihashjin ² , , mohammad baset qoraishi ³ , eisa pourramzan ⁴

1 - Ph.D Student, Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

Received: 2020-12-26 Accepted : 2021-08-20 Published : 2025-02-19

Keywords: Evaluation, Rural Areas, Guilan, local management,

Abstract :

Rural management is a set of information and skills and an essential element of policy-making, planning and implementation of rural development programs and is one of the main axes in the analysis of rural issues. Local management with the nature of central management, organized form, subject to central government is one of the manifestations of rural management which is very important due to its considerable decision-making power. For this reason, the present study has studied the subject with the aim of evaluating local management and descriptive-analytical method in rural areas of west and southwest of Guilan province (7 cities). The statistical population of this study included governors, districts, govermente experts, district experts, housing foundation experts, agricultural jihad experts, provincial rural affairs expert, villagers and members of the Islamic Council (156 respondents) and the data collection tool was a questionnaire and regression analysis is used to analyze the data. First, using Delphi technique, three components of knowledge and attitude, rules and regulations and local indicators (including 54 variables) were selected and have been assessed from the local community to evaluate the issue. Then, with the help of regression analysis, it was found that these three components have affected local management. Also, the high and low positive limits obtained from the single-sample t-test, it can be claimed that all three indicators are in good condition. According to T-statistics, local index, knowledge and attitude, and then rules and regulations had the most to the least impact on local management in the study area.