Evaluation and Analysis of the Population Structure of Rural Settlements (Case study: Sistan and Baluchestan Province)
Subject Areas : Urban Futurology
Gholam Reza Miri
1
,
ُSajad Poudineh
2
,
Morteza Sadegh bakhtiari
3
,
Zahra sarabandi
4
1 - Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran
2 - Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran
3 - Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran
4 - Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran
Keywords: Population, Rural settlements, Sistan and Baluchestan Province,
Abstract :
Rural settlements, as the smallest geographical unit, have been formed under the influence of various factors in the geographical context and in the form of human-environment relations. Rural areas around the world tend to offer similar characteristics. Populations are spatially dispersed. Agriculture is often dominant and in some cases the economic sector and the opportunities to mobilize resources are limited. The aim of this study is to evaluate and analyze the population structure of rural settlements in Sistan and Baluchestan province. The research method is descriptive-analytical according to the research topic; the purpose is applied and the data have been collected by documentary method. The statistical population in this study includes all rural settlements in Sistan and Baluchestan province in 2016. Spatial correlation tests in Geoda software and Moran’s I have been used to analyze the data. The results of Moran correlation show that the amount of spatial correlation is significant and positive in all cases at the 95% confidence level and there are significant differences in terms of spatial pattern. Also, there is always a big difference between different regions of the province in terms of distribution of specified criteria.
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