Measuring the Feasibility of Gathering Plain Village Types in order to Reach Sustainable Development in Guilan Province

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

eisa pourraamzan ¹ , nasrollah molaeihashjin ²

1 - مربی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد رشت، ‌‌گروه جغرافیا، رشت، ایران
2 - دانشیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد رشت، ‌‌گروه جغرافیا، رشت، ایران

Received: 2010-09-16 Accepted : 2011-06-15 Published : 2011-05-22

Keywords: Sustainable Development, Measuring the feasibility, gathering, Village types, Guilan's plain,

Abstract :

Introduction   Attending to the country's rural areas and providing services and facilities to activate rural units whether for the necessity of expanding activities especially in activates of the first part or for the correct arrangement of population stability in different areas and for the optimal arrangement of rural spaces and finally for rural sustainable environment are inevitable. Gathering village types in Guilan plain area intends to change the villagers’ way of living from a dispersed condition to a semi dispersed one. It can be known as planning physical development of rural habitats and as a part of the process of rural development, it aims at directing the framework of village in a desirable way and allocating optimal spaces to various activities. In other words, Gathering village types is a type of planning to guide villagers and gain their participation in building settlements and the way they are built in the plain villages of Guilan Province. In fact, the strategy in question is not going to destroy or rebuild rural settlements. It, however, is going to plan for the future buildings in the villages leaving the present settlements intact and is going to reduce numerous problems and difficulties of villages in this area for gaining rural sustainable development.