On the Analysis of the Effects of Villagers' Participation Level in Preparation and Adoption of Rural Guidance Plans (Case Study: Dashtestan County)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

A.  Anabestani ¹ (Associate prof, Geography and Rural Planning, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran)
S.M.  Mosavi ² (MSc. in Geography and Rural Planning, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran)

Received: 2016-07-08 Accepted : 2017-10-21 Published : 2017-12-21

Keywords: Preparation, Supervision and Evaluation, Level of Participation, Dashtestan County, Adoption and Implementation of Rural Guidance Plans,

Abstract :

This study aimed to evaluate the participation level of villagers in the processes of preparation, adoption and implementation of the rural guidanceplans. This study is an applied one guidance ed in a descriptive-analytical method. The population of this study consisted of 12 rural settlements in Dashtestan county in which, the participation of villagers in rural guidance plans was remarkably significant. In villages, the sample size was identified based on Cochran formula. The sample size included 257 households in two groups, one group included 136 households who had attended in the rural guidance plans and the other group included 121 households who had not participated in the plans. They were selected in simple random selection method and interviewed. In addition, 28 persons were also interviewed from the rural authorities. The results show that based on one-sample t-test, the villagers’ participation in preparation, adoption and implementation of rural guidance plans is in the moderate level and the mean of the villagers and officials’ attitudes towards participation were 2.63 and 2.73, respectively, which according to the results of t-tests of two independent samples, there is no significant difference between the views of these two groups. In addition, there was a significant relationship between the education and age of the individuals and the participation of villagers in the preparation, adoption and implementation of the rural guidance  plans, and the correlation order was in moderate level (reverse and direct). However, there is no significant relationship between the participation of people and their jobs. Therefore, there is a significant relationship between individual characteristics and level of participation.

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