Socio-economic Changes and Rural Challenges (Case: Fomanat, Guilan)
Subject Areas : Geopolitic
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Keywords: Rural areas, Fomanat, socio-economic changes, Challenges,
Abstract :
Socio-economic changes have important effects in rural regions and life. These effectsdiffer per environmental characteristics, economic systems and social institutes and insome instances, they play positive roles in rural life while in other times, they serve assource of challenges and contradictions in rural areas.This paper discusses challe--nges, which have appeared in Fomanat rural area in WestGuilan as consequences of socio-economic changes of the region.The data of research has been collected through literature review and field studies. Thecollected data have been analyzed based on "principal component /factor analysis "and has computed the degree of facilities of different villages.The results show that recent socio-economic changes have exposed villages to challengesand conflicts. In conclusion, challenges have been analyzed; accordingly.