Assessing the role of national divisions in the implementation of land management programs in West Azerbaijan Province

Subject Areas : Regional Planning

sajed bahrami jaf ¹ , reyhane salehabadi ² , Rahim shivrak ³

1 - Ph.D. student of Political Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
2 - Ph.D. in Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran.
3 - PhD student of Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran.

Received: 2020-10-19 Accepted : 2021-01-01 Published : 2022-10-23

Keywords: West Azerbaijan province, land management, Functional Analysis, National Divisions,

Abstract :

Every government, in order to build its territory and better manage its territory, takes appropriate political organization of the space; The political organization of each country's space is carried out in the form of country divisions. The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the function of country divisions in the implementation of land management programs in West Azerbaijan province. The research method is descriptive-analytical and applied and for data analysis, structural analysis model has been used for confirmatory factor analysis. Findings show that the database for the development of land use planning programs with a positive and direct effect of 0.74, country divisions as a basis for land use planning programs with a positive and direct effect of 0.79, providing resources and capacities Development and implementation of land management programs with a positive and direct effect of 0.84 that the component of resource supply has had a greater impact on the province's planning programs. Also, the indicators of accuracy and reliability of the information produced from the territorial zone of the province and zoning within the province based on official criteria with a direct score of 0.72 and the comprehensive territorial information item according to the current provincial divisions with a score of 0.68 have the most impact. . Within the indicators of providing resources and capacities of planning programs, the indicators of organizational capacity of managing the administrative-political divisions of the province (governor, governors, districts) to manage the development plans of the province with a score and direct impact of 0.76, It has had the greatest impact on the implementation of land management programs in the province because it is the organizational and administrative capacities that are responsible for the implementation of land management programs. As a result, it can be stated that zoning and divisions within the province, if not based on scientific and official indicators, the planning process that is consistent with these zoning will be difficult. Therefore, it is necessary to pay much attention to this issue and consider it in the center of attention for the implementation of decisions.

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