The role of border corridors in regional competitiveness (Case study: West Azarbaijan province)
Ahmad Hasanpour Ghotoulu
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M.Sc. Student, Spatial planning, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
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M.N Mousavi
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دانشیار گروه جغرافیا و برنامه ریزی شهری، دانشگاه ارومیه، ارومیه، ایران
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Naser Soltani
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Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
)
Keywords: Border Corridors, Regional Competitiveness, Development, West Azerbaijan province.,
Abstract :
The main goal of this research is to investigate the role of border corridors in West Azerbaijan Province in regional competitiveness. The current research is based on practical purpose and has a descriptive-analytical nature. The collection of information in this research has been done both in the library and in the field. Meta-SWOT software was used to analyze the collected data, So that the goals of the role of the border corridors of West Azerbaijan province in regional competitiveness have been identified using the provincial planning plan and the city development document and then prioritized in three levels, high, medium and low, using the Delphi technique, Also, the OPA model has been used in order to weight effective resources and capabilities. In this research, experts' questionnaire was used for weighting and prioritizing data. The results of this research show that the situation of West Azerbaijan province is inappropriate compared to other border provinces (with a land border) and in the two factors of development and regional competitiveness, and respectively, the provinces of East Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Ardabil, Kermanshah and Ilam have received the most competitive advantage, Also, according to the results of the research, increasing the level of smuggling as an external factor affects the effective resources and abilities of this province. Cross-border spatial interactions that create economic, social, physical, technological, service and political links, and this type of spatial interaction can cause development in border areas and it is considered as an environmental potential for these regions, so that the province of West Azerbaijan can always benefit from this development capacity due to the existence of common borders with the neighboring countries of Turkey, Iraq and Azerbaijan.
