Prioritization Rural Areas, Based on Indices Livability (Case Study: Zaghe District, Khoram Abad County)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Ali Monazam Esmail Poor ¹ , Hadis Shahverdi ² , Ahmad Roumiani ³ , Elias Jahrazi ⁴

1 - Assistant Professor, Dep. of Geography and Rural Planning, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 - M.Sc. in Geography and Rural Planning, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran
3 - Ph.D. Candidate in Geography ,Young Researchers and Elite Club, Khoramabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, khoramabad, Iran
4 - M.Sc. in Geography and Rural Planning, Birjand University, Birjand, Iran

Received: 2017-02-01 Accepted : 2019-03-17 Published : 2019-03-20

Keywords: prioritization, Rural Areas, livability, Zaghe District,

Abstract :

Today, assessing the viability of rural areas considered rural settlements planning a novel concepts in the literature is made And access to services and facilities to promote sustainable ecological principles Planning and sociology has attracted the attention and the strong emphasis limitations. The aim of this study Prioritization based on viable rural village in the slums is. And trying to prepared questionnaire mining related indices, examine the viability of rural areas. Applied research and analytical method is used for data analysis and data model is used Kvpras. The findings showed that the differences between indices of 14 children in the rural areas studied there, The findings showed that the differences between indices of 14 children in the rural areas studied there, The J and Taleghan rural castle with a series N (100/00 and 86/ 64) to accept because of the large population, the infrastructure facilities and services (such as health care, telecommunications and Convenient access) A habitable condition And the village of Mir Ahmadi occult and the set N (56/63 and 65‌/‌72) service due to lack of infrastructure, distance from the centers of rural and less populated than other villages in the worst viability is located.

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