Analysis of Facilitators to Villagers’ Participation in the Development of Rural Settlements (Case study: Chavarzagh and Darram Rural Districts in Tarom County)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Naser  Shafiei Sabet ¹ (Assistant Professor, Dep. of Human Geography, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran)
Masoud  Anbarlou ² (Ph.D candidate in geography & rural planning, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran)
Ali  Yosefi Taleghani ³ (Ph.D candidate in geography & rural planning, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran)

Received: 2017-02-26 Accepted : 2018-07-16 Published : 2018-11-22

Keywords: Rural Development, empowerment, Facilitators to participation, Tarom County,

Abstract :

According to development experts, disregarding the empowerment and participation of villagers will create many challenges in the process of rural development. However, in many countries villagers’ participation has been neglected for various reasons. This study aimed to determine the role of facilitators to villagers’ participation in the process of development. In this descriptive- analytical study, 291 households from 18 rural settlements in Tarom area were selected by random sampling method. Indicators used to measure the level of development consisted of 111 indicators in four criteria including environmental, social, economic, and physical as dependent components. In addition, 76 indicators in six criteria including educating and informing, knowledge and information, socio-cultural, economic, physical, policymaking and decision-making, based on the characteristics of the study area, were measured as independent components. The findings showed that all six indicators of villagers’ empowerment and participation had a positive effect, but not properly, on the improvement of rural development. So, it is suggested to improve the villagers’ empowerment in order to their broader participation by improving the facilitators to villagers’ empowerment and participation such as educating and informing, knowledge and skills, and their involvement in decision-making and participation in social and economic activities.

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