The effect of rural-urban spatial flows on the spatial changes of peri-urban settlements (Case study: Damavand County)

Subject Areas : Rural and nomadic studies

Naser Shafiei Sabet ¹ , fatemeh zangeneh ²

1 - Associate Professor of Human Geography Group , Shah-id Beheshti University
2 - shahid beheshti university

Received: 2022-07-05 Accepted : 2023-02-07 Published : 2024-08-22

Keywords: ", Spatial Flows", Spatial Developments", , ", Downtown Settlements", , ", Damavand County",

Abstract :

AbstractIntroduction: Lack of attention to the two-way rural-urban flows, especially in developing countries such as Iran, within the regions and geographical regions, causes imbalance and a deep gap in the spatial transformations of rural and urban settlements in socio-economic, environmental dimensions. It will be ecological, and physical-infrastructural.The purpose of the study: The purpose of the present study is to investigate and analyze the effect of rural-urban spatial flows on the spatial evolution of peri-urban settlements.Research methodology: The current research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of method. Data collection has been done in two ways: library and field. In addition, the field survey method was used to collect field data related to the indicators, objects and measures of the influencing component of the independent variable (rural-urban flows) and influencing variables (spatial changes of peri-urban settlements). The statistical population of the research is 83 villages of Damavand city based on the 2015 census of Iran Statistics Center. Considering the homogeneity of the studied area, possibilities and limitations of the research, in the first step, 29 villages were selected as a random sample based on the central limit theorem, using the probability and simple random sampling method. In the second step, Cochran's sample size calculation formula was used to estimate the sample size.The geographical scope of the research: the present study, which is in the field of two-way rural-urban flows, which was carried out in Damavand cityFindings and discussion: The findings of this research showed that the rural-urban flows in the rural settlements of the studied area with the changes in the dimensions and size of the population of the villages, land use, housing, and investment of the villages are effective in the spatial changes of the peri-urban settlements. .Results: Rural-urban links have social-economical and physical-infrastructural capacities to create spatial flows such as the flow of goods and services, people, technology and information, capital, waste between the city and the village. Spatial factors such as the flow of people, goods, services, investment, and information on the dimensions of spatial developments of rural settlements were observed to have a positive and significant relationship.