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1 - Analysis of Facilitators to Villagers’ Participation in the Development of Rural Settlements (Case study: Chavarzagh and Darram Rural Districts in Tarom County)
Naser Shafiei Sabet Masoud Anbarlou Ali Yosefi Taleghani

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 ai More

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. Manuscript profile
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2 - Social capital and rural participation in spatial developments of rural settlements with the mediating role of perceived effects of plans and programs; (Case study: Esfandeh District)
naser Shafiei Sabet faezeh Ebrahimipour
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The present study analyzes the effects of social capital and rural participation in the spatial developments of rural settlements with the mediating role of perceived effects of plans and programs in Esfandeh. This research has investigated the effective and influential More

The present study analyzes the effects of social capital and rural participation in the spatial developments of rural settlements with the mediating role of perceived effects of plans and programs in Esfandeh. This research has investigated the effective and influential variables in this regard by quantitative and descriptive-analytical method and by questionnaire tools. The results of the research indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between 4 variables of social capital from 6 variables and rural participation with four mediating variables of environmental-ecological, social, economic and physical-infrastructural effects perceived from the plans and programs. Also, the relationship between the social capital of the villagers on participation in projects and programs is significant due to environmental effects and the amount of this indirect effect is 0.11. . However, the social capital of the villagers does not affect the participation in plans and programs due to economic effects and the value of this indirect effect is 0.77. The social capital of the villagers affects the participation in the projects and the value of this direct effect is 0.39. Manuscript profile
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3 - The effect of rural-urban spatial flows on the spatial changes of peri-urban settlements (Case study: Damavand County)
Naser Shafiei Sabet fatemeh zangeneh

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 More

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. Manuscript profile

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