Determining the suitable area and prioritization of industry towns in the Germi City

Subject Areas : landuse

Vahid Safarian Zengir ¹ , Khadije Haji ² , Raoof Mostafazadeh ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.
2 - Ph.D in Watershed Management Sciences & Engineering‎, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Science, tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor, Dept. of Natural Resources, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran. * (Corresponding Author)

Received: 2015-04-09 Accepted : 2015-07-12 Published : 2017-09-23

Keywords: Analytical hierarchy process, Urban development, Industrial location, Germi township.,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Industrialization strategy is one of the fundamental ways that managers of developing countries can employ to overcome problems such as poverty, excessive population density and resolving spatial disparities. With this perspective, the establishment of industrial towns is concerned as a way to achieve the overall objectives of development planning. It is assumed that the establishment of industries leads to economic diversification of rural areas. In this regard, increasing the added value of agricultural products, creating job opportunities, increasing rural incomes and reduce rural migration ultimately reduce inequality between urban and rural areas.

Method: This research conducted through a descriptive-analytic study along with interview and field surveys to assess the state of the industry and the establishment of industrial towns in the Mughan city located in Ardabil Province. The Analytical Hierarchy Process was employed to allocation of suitable sites through study area considering alternatives and criteria.

Findings: The results showed that the industrial units were established without environmental and spatial considerations and also the urban peripheral areas were not considered. Also, the suitable locations for future industrial development, include three prone regions in the Mughan city. The first ranked site had the 3.12 score and was selected as a high priority for industry establishment, while, the priority score of other were 2.13 and 2.10, respectively.

Discussion and Conclusion: Thus, providing occupation opportunities and economic prosperity are the main effects of oil exploration in the Mughan area. Development of peripheral industries of petrochemical, refinery and construction of other facilities for oil products are the essential economic factors affecting livelihood and employment conditions of the study area. Also, the production of agricultural products and Mughan plain makes this area prone to investments in the agricultural sector.

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