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Journal of Rural Research, 2022
Sustainable development of Agri-tourism is a solution for the optimal use of the tourism industry... more Sustainable development of Agri-tourism is a solution for the optimal use of the tourism industry. But one of the main reasons for the non-implementation of development policies is the lack of necessary mechanisms to identify and analyze the many stakeholders that should be in a participatory process for sustainable management of Agri-tourism development. The present mixed study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the stakeholders of sustainable development of Agri-tourism in the west of Mazandaran Province. In order to identify these stakeholders, the stakeholders' information was collected from experts in the field of agricultural tourism. After interviewing 17 of them and during four Delphi stages, 25 people were identified as stakeholders of sustainable development of Agri-tourism and using a semistructured interview with two representatives of each stakeholder group (50 interviews in total), it was determined how to exercise the power of the stakeholders according to the type of their benefit. Based on the results, the main stakeholders in the sustainable development of agricultural tourism were mostly government organization, including the Agriculture Jihad Organization, Cultural Heritage Organization, Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization and Environment Protection Organization, which in terms of five types of legal power, knowledge power, economic power, political power and social power were in a higher position. The proposed classification can be used to create capacity, promote participation and interaction among stakeholders according to the type of power and benefit in the process of sustainable development of Agri-tourism.
Journal of Rural Research, 2022
The present study uses a future research approach to identify the challenges affecting the develo... more The present study uses a future research approach to identify the challenges affecting the development of the ecosystem of entrepreneurial tourism businesses in rural areas of Jiroft and the structural equations between them. To do this, we first collected a combination of codes from the models and research used in the field of tourism entrepreneurial businesses, as well as a survey of 15 rural entrepreneurs to improve them. Then, using MICMAC software, the identified factors were examined in terms of impact or effectiveness. The statistical population of this study consists of 54 tourism business owners in three villages located in the Sarduiyeh district. Then, with the Delphi method and a survey of experts in the field of tourism entrepreneurial businesses, the structural relationships resulting from these drivers were addressed. For this purpose, 50 experts performed non-probabilistic judgment sampling in the form of a path analysis test in SPSS software. The results showed that financial and economic issues have the highest impact factor. The root of these problems can be traced to factors such as marketing and financial issues and the limited budget of entrepreneurs and their weak support, which can have a significant impact on the development of such businesses in the future.
Journal of Rural Research, 2022
It is generally assumed that the well-being of rural tourism communities is related to their degr... more It is generally assumed that the well-being of rural tourism communities is related to their degree of resilience. However, despite the importance of community resilience and its potential for long-term economic development, the factors affecting the resilience of the tourism community for sustainable development are often overlooked in the planning stages of tourism development projects in many parts of the world. The purpose of this study is to present a model for the resilience of the rural tourism community to the three components of community resilience, including environmental, social, and economic resilience for sustainable tourism development. In this study, through an in-depth study of the literature and open interviews with 15 experts in the field of rural development and tourism familiar with the sustainable development of the tourism industry in Hamadan, information was collected and using a heuristic approach of theme analysis and coding, finally 45 variables, 9 components, and 3 dimensions were extracted. Then in the next stage, the research components were implemented by 15 research experts using a questionnaire and interpretive-structural modeling (ISM) method and using MATLAB software, position, importance, and the effectiveness of the extracted research components were presented at five levels. The results of this study indicate that the component of financial support for sustainable development of tourism has the greatest effect and is the cornerstone of the resilience of the rural tourism community, and the component of health and safety of the tourism community has the most dependence.
Journal of Rural Research, 2022
Fertility is one of the basic processes of the population that has an important effect on the dyn... more Fertility is one of the basic processes of the population that has an important effect on the dynamics and change of population structure. The declining burden is a global phenomenon; in the past decades, developed countries and today many developing countries are experiencing it, and in Iran, the overall fertility rate has reached less than the replacement level. Estimation of fertility rate in rural areas is mainly affected by population size and space unit size. Therefore, estimating fertility rates and mapping them in small and sparsely populated geographical areas is challenging. This study aims to accurately estimate and identify spatial patterns of fertility in rural areas using spatial smoothing methods for 2016 and 2011. Experimental Bayes and spatial Bayes smoothing methods were used to analyze the data. While the average GFR of 2011 and 2016 are 51.1 and 71.6 (children per 1000 women), respectively, the findings show that spatial smoothing methods, especially the experimental spatial Bayesian method, have good efficiency in estimating fertility in small areas. Adjusting the fertility rate in densely populated areas is less and in sparsely populated areas it makes a significant adjustment. The results also show the occurrence of high rural fertility in less developed border areas (southeast, east and south) and the spread of low rural fertility from north to south and then the central and western villages. The persistence of low fertility in most of the rural areas is causing serious challenges in the economic, social and political spheres.
Journal of Rural Research, 2022
The purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the key effective drivers in the brand of... more The purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the key effective drivers in the brand of Slow tourism in the village of Javaherdeh. The present study is exploratory-explanatory in terms of purpose and qualitative-quantitative in terms of method, based on the opinions of 30 experts who were selected by snowball and judgment method. In the qualitative method, the initial model was designed using MAXQDA software and the relationships between the drivers were explained, prioritized and evaluated with MICMAC software. The results indicate that the 49 identified key drivers can be divided into three categories of components: Slow tourism product, Slow tourism process, and Slow tourism program. In this regard, the drivers of environmental quality, landscape, and natural attractions in or around, clean and favorable climate, Slow tourism education, receptive and dynamic public spaces, attracting positive feedback about Slow brand (attitude), destination personality, having a unique story and motivation to use the Slow tourism brand, are the most effective drivers in creating the Slow tourism brand of Javaherdeh village.
Journal of Rural Research, 2022
Planning for the development of low-income villages, on the other hand, technology simplicity, th... more Planning for the development of low-income villages, on the other hand, technology simplicity, the need for less capital, a shorter period of return on investment and other benefits of small industries, the scale of the agricultural sector, the need to launch such industries has made it more visible than before. However, the path of launching these industries is not always simple and faces various obstacles. Hence, the purpose of this study was to identify and determine the barriers to the establishment of small-scale industries in the agricultural sector. To identify the barriers, 20 semi-structured interviews were conducted with provincial experts. Analysis of data collected from interviews led to the identification of 41 concepts in the form of 7 macro-categories of barriers. Then, the two-stage Delphi-fuzzy technique was used to reach a group agreement between the experts and to rank the inhibitory factors. According to the results of the Delphi-fuzzy technique, barriers to establishment of the small-scale industries in the agricultural sector in Kakavand district of Delfan city were classified into 5 categories. Financial-credit barriers with an average of 0.442, were the first priority barriers. Also, administrative-political barriers with an average of 0.426, lack of trained manpower and local entrepreneurs with an average of 0.417, lack of participatory, individual, and social spirit of the local community to invest with a total average of 0.407 and weak domestic and foreign investment with the average of 0.397 were in the next ranks. Providing credit, reducing administrative bureaucracy and political barriers, providing education to villagers and strengthening their participation, as well as attracting domestic and foreign investors to set up small-scale agricultural industries are the main research proposals.
Journal of Rural Research, 2022
Idealism as a motivating factor can pave the way for the development of human societies, especial... more Idealism as a motivating factor can pave the way for the development of human societies, especially in rural areas. Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of idealism on rural development in the Sistan region. This research is based on the descriptive-analytical method and is applied in terms of purpose. Documentary and survey methods were used to collect information. The sample size per village unit was determined using the Sharp correction formula of 40 villages. According to Cochran's formula, the sample size for the head of the household unit was 381. The validity of the researcher-made questionnaire was confirmed by experts on the subject, and the reliability coefficient was 0/856. Spearman correlation coefficient, analysis of variance and taxonomic methods were used to investigate the effects of rural idealism on rural development. The results of the taxonomy of development by leveling rural idealism showed that the highest number in both levels is in the middle group. The results of the evaluation of idealism showed that Jalehie village in Zabol city (124/08) had the highest and Kang Emamdad village in Hirmand city (66/33) had the lowest level of idealism. Also Karbasak village from Zabol city (3/66) had the highest and Akondzad village of Hirmand city (1/86) had the lowest level of rural development and the overall result of the study showed that there is a significant relationship between idealism and the level of rural development in the villages of Sistan region (with sig 0/000).
Journal of Rural Research, 2022
Rural areas have experienced various evolutions in terms of structure and function, causing some ... more Rural areas have experienced various evolutions in terms of structure and function, causing some vagueness regarding rural conceptions and identities. Agriculture, as the most fundamental rural activity, has had severe evolutions. This paper aims to structurally analyze the spatio-temporal evolutions of agricultural rurality in Isfahan province by conducting a comparative study considering villages consisting of more than four households during two agricultural censuses in 2003 and 2014. The same variables were extracted and two series of cross-sectional and one series of longitudinal indicators of agricultural rurality and its evolutions were calculated. Both cross-sectional and longitudinal evolutions were modeled using structural equation modeling and bootstrapping procedure. Rate of employment in agriculture, stakeholders’ per capita land, irrigated lands and irrigated cultivation were the indicators affecting agricultural rurality in both years. Results generally showed that water as input and its sub-indicators have a more determinant role in agricultural functionality than land; also, this functionality has mainly been based on farming rather than gardening. Regional analysis on the mean structures of agricultural rurality indicated the negative impact of the changes in employment rate in agriculture and farming stakeholders and contrarily the positive impact of the changes in farmers’ literacy rate and gardening stakeholders on the evolution of agricultural rurality among three groups of mountainous, plain and desert rural regions. This impact has been more influential in terms of employment and literacy rates. The changes of irrigated lands have only affected the evolution of agricultural rurality in desert rural regions.
Journal of Rural Research, 2022
The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of implementing a community-based addiction preve... more The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of implementing a community-based addiction prevention plan on the quality of life of villagers in Marivan county. The method of this research was descriptive-correlational which was done using the survey technique. The statistical population of this study was the villagers of Marivan city, among whom a community-based addiction prevention plan was implemented, which included 8127 people. The sample size was 384 using Cochran's formula. The results of descriptive statistics showed that the mean of the variable components of the effectiveness of the community-based plan for addiction prevention (prevention and reduction of substance abuse) was obtained at a low level (<2). The mean of social, economic and health components of quality of life was less than average (<3) and for the physical component of the variable quality of life was more than average (>3). The results obtained from the structural model of the research showed that the community-based addiction prevention plan had a positive and significant effect on the quality of life variable. The results of the structural model of the study showed that the community-based plan for addiction prevention had a positive and significant effect on the quality of life variable so that this variable explained 76% of the changes in the quality of life of the studied villagers.
Journal of Rural Research, 2022
Land use planning in conditions of uncertainty requires the optimal allocation of land homogeneou... more Land use planning in conditions of uncertainty requires the optimal allocation of land homogeneous, compatible, and incompatible with natural and human environments. The purpose of this study is to determine the range of rural and natural areas in the east of Guilan province to diversify sustainable rural employment. Geographical level of this research is the whole area of rural geography of East Gilan and the statistical population includes experts and implementers in the field of rural planning in Gilan province, among whom 83 people were interviewed in a purposeful manner. Sample volume adequacy was also considered based on repetition or saturation.For this purpose, first, using Mic Mac software, the most effective and impressible factors involved in rural employment were identified, and then, with the help of forming a balanced cross-matrix in Scenario Wizard software, possible scenarios for job creation were designed. In this study, the three scenarios of job creation consist of activities heterogeneous with the environment, activities consistent with the environment, and activities incompatible with the environment. In order to allocate land, first, the variables were weighted using the AHP method and then the competence zone for each strategy was obtained using the MCE method. Finally, in order to allocate land to each of these three strategies, using MOLA modeling techniques, the most suitable areas were identified by delimitation. The results showed that plains to the foothills areas have the highest potential for creating homogeneous and nature-related jobs , mountainous areas deserve to develop compatible jobs with nature and activities that are not compatible with nature can be developed as scattered spots throughout the area.
Journal of Rural Research, 2022
The developments in rural society over the past decades indicate instability and the existence of... more The developments in rural society over the past decades indicate instability and the existence of major socio-economic challenges in the process of sustainable development of rural areas. The neglect of diversity and continuous change in the socio-economic conditions of country rural communities and neglect of socio-economic infrastructure of rural society has added to the problems and challenges of rural development. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to socio-economic sustainability for planning and managing rural areas. The purpose of doing this study is to analyze the socio-economic stability of rural areas in Ilam province using GIS. For sampling, out of 378 villages with more than 20 households, 37 villages were selected as a sample and 250 questionnaires were completed by the villagers. The research method in this article is descriptive-analytical and for data collection two methods of field study and library study were used. Also, data analysis was performed using one-way analysis of variance, factor analysis, and multiple regression analysis. The results of a one-way analysis of variance show that there is a significant difference between economic and social sustainability indicators in different dimensions. Also, the results of factor analysis show that the number of indicators that indicate the factors affecting the sustainability of villagers are reduced to 12 special factors and the results of multiple regression analysis indicate that social components (0.217) have the greatest effect and economic components (0.042) have the least effect on the sustainability of villages in the study area.
Journal of Rural Research, 2022
Nowadays, one of the appropriate ways for self-sufficiency and food security of our country is th... more Nowadays, one of the appropriate ways for self-sufficiency and food security of our country is the development and deployment of hydroponic greenhouses. This study is in applied form and in terms of method, it is descriptive-analytical. Also using Cochran's formula, 260 employers and hydroponic farm workers as well as villagers were selected as a sample population and questioned and finally analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Friedman test, gamma correlation analysis matrix and factor analysis model in SPSS software environment. The results of the Friedman Test show that the high initial cost of hydroponics and lack of skills of farmers are considered the most serious obstacles. Also, the results of gamma correlation coefficient matrix analysis indicate that costly hydroponics with the inability of cultivation for many crops, lack of skills of farmers' significant relationship up to 95% confidence level. The results of factor analysis also classified the obstacles to hydroponics in rural areas into four main reasons. Among these, institutional/administrative obstacles with 28.16% of eigenvalue variance are considered as the most important reason and economic and social obstacles, infrastructural barriers, and environmental barriers are in the next positions, respectively. In addition, the studied components are a total of 75.91% of obstacles to hydroponics in rural areas and about 24.9% of the remaining are about factors that were not investigated in this study.
Journal of Rural Research, 2021
Urban and rural areas interact with wide flows and linkages. These interactions involve a variety... more Urban and rural areas interact with wide flows and linkages. These interactions involve a variety of geographies that often transcend local and regional administrative boundaries. In addition to the positive effects, these interactions, flows and links can also have negative effects. Urban and rural management are not always able to manage these interactions separately for sustainable urban and rural development. Rural-urban cooperation and in particular rural-urban partnership is an effective model for responding to the need to govern these interactions for the welfare and economic development of the region. The present article describes the concepts and dimensions of rural-urban partnership using a narrative review method and examines global experiences in this field as well as its effects on socioeconomic development and regional sustainability. Findings show that urban and rural areas have different and often complementary assets. In fact, effective rural-urban partnerships using these assets can play an effective role in achieving economic development goals and increasing the production of public goods, as well as achieving economies of scale in the provision of public services, and increasing the capacity of partners to decide in areas with territorial impacts. In addition, partnerships can help develop new economic opportunities in urban and rural areas.
Journal of Rural Research, 2021
The concept of behavioral settings, which is a branch of environmental psychology, means a stable... more The concept of behavioral settings, which is a branch of environmental psychology, means a stable behavioral pattern in place resulting from the interaction of the environment and human beings. There is entanglement between all components of the behavioral settings (body and behavioral patterns). This feature is called synomorphism. The present article examines the synomorphy components by reading the story of Khondasht written by Nasser Vahdati in the field of Regional Novels as documents that contain a lot of information about lifestyle, climate, architecture, etc., and seeks to answer the following two questions: 1. Which synomorphy components have the greatest impact on the formation of behavioral settings in Native homes? 2. How do these factors affect components of behavioral settings? The research method is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of data collection. The descriptive part is based on the documentary method and the case study. The analytical part is based on the method of integrated content analysis (quantitative and qualitative). The results of the study indicate that based on the case study, the learned reactions and the appearance of the environment are the most important synomorphy factors in the formation of behavioral settings in the native home of the case study.
Journal of Rural Research, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism of adaptation of the system of activit... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism of adaptation of the system of activities to changes in the configuration of native housing and rural engineering through classification of activities and measurement of syntactic data of houses. For this purpose, 382 houses from two types of rural housing in Eshkorat, Guilan were randomly selected according to the method based on purpose and considerations. Structured interviews, observation and recording of activities were used to analyze the activities. Also, chi-square, balloon and cluster analysis were used to find the differences, as well as the most important activity and its place. The results generally showed that the two types of housing have different configurations that have caused the classification of activities, their location and the relationship between them in these housings is different. However, despite the change in the spatial configuration, the system of activities has not changed and the residents have adapted to the desired spaces. It was found that residents adapt to spatial changes through the categorization of activities, choosing the location of similar features and multi-functional spaces without deleting activities, which is due to cultural and social laws. Residents' adaptability has enabled them to use all the spaces of the house and to coordinate with the residential environment to meet their needs, values and behaviors. The findings confirm the need to pay attention to adaptability in the syntactic analysis of residential environments.
Journal of Rural Research, 2021
Today, the nature of the design and monitoring the visual aspects affecting the enrichment and fo... more Today, the nature of the design and monitoring the visual aspects affecting the enrichment and formation of the rural environment and the villagers’ experiences of its physical appearance face shortcomings. It is necessary to identify the factors of the visual organization and study its effect on the physical appearance of the village to provide a more comprehensive description of this phenomenon. This research is exploratory in nature and descriptive survey in terms of the data collection method. The data required for the research were collected through documentary content analysis and the Delphi survey. The statistical population consists of 10 people in the Delphi section and 265 experts in the survey section who were interviewed after the validity and reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by professors and Cronbach's alpha technique. To analyze the research data, one-sample t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient and Regression Analysis were used, the results of which showed that out of 53 evaluated indicators in four aspects of aesthetics-formal, activity-functional, cognitive-perceptual, and biological-natural, decorations and materials had the highest effect with an overall weight of 4.52, and the balance indicator with the score of 2.24 had the lowest impact on the visual organization of the village. Furthermore, the research findings showed a significant positive relationship between the stated factors and indicators. According to the regression analysis, 61% of the factors of the visual organization result in improving the physical appearance of the village. Among the four factors, the cognitive-perceptual factor with the impact factor of 0.378 had the most effect on the improvement of the physical appearance of the village.
Journal of Rural Research, 2021
The concept of livability is one of the new concepts in the field of rural planning that has been... more The concept of livability is one of the new concepts in the field of rural planning that has been considered following the quality of life in rural areas. The basis of proper planning to increase the level of the livability of villages around the city is not enough to discuss the vulnerability of these areas and it is necessary to know the livability status of these villages. Because by correctly identifying the indicators of livability and the factors affecting it, the existing problems in these villages can be solved to some extent and their viability can be improved and the conditions for sustainable development can be provided. The purpose of this study is to investigate the viability of villages in the Dorodfaraman district, Kermanshah city. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of nature, which has been done using survey method and questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software. Shannon and Copras entropy model has also been used to rank the studied villages in terms of livability status. The statistical population of the study includes 20 villages inhabited by the Droudfaraman rural district, which was determined using Cochran's formula with a sample size of 459 people. The results show that the living conditions in the villages of Dorodfaraman rural district are at a low level and also the villages of this rural district were ranked in three levels of favorable, average and unfavorable, which have more favorable conditions than other villages. Dehpahn, Shahrakesanati Faraman, Bijaneh, Gakiyh, Mourian and the rest do not have very favorable conditions.
Journal of Rural Research, 2021
Rural development is one of the main concerns of developing countries. The consequences of lack o... more Rural development is one of the main concerns of developing countries. The consequences of lack of development in rural areas such as widespread poverty, unemployment and migration have led to more attention to rural development. According to the latest report of the Statistics Center of Afghanistan (2020), out of the total population of this country, about 23.4 million people (71%), live in rural areas. At the same time, rural areas face various economic, social, cultural, managerial and environmental challenges. Therefore, identifying Afghanistan's rural development challenges is a prerequisite to developing policies, plans, and providing a flexible model for achieving sustainable rural development. In this regard, the main purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the major challenges of rural development in Afghanistan. The statistical population included 60 experts on agricultural and rural development. The data collection tool was a questionnaire and its method was face-to-face interview. For data analysis, coefficient of variation and confirmatory factor analysis were used. The results of this study showed that several challenges including economic (such as lack of credits and investments in rural areas), social (such as women's low participation in rural activities), environmental (such as improper exploitation of groundwater), physical (such as the weakness or lack of rural-urban network), and managerial (especially the dominance of unskilled laborers in rural economic activities) challenges, have influenced rural development in Afghanistan, respectively. Undoubtedly, any effort to eliminate them will play a significant role in achieving sustainable rural and consequently national development of this country.
Journal of Rural Research, 2021
The purpose of this study is to investigate the social and cultural contexts of environmental iss... more The purpose of this study is to investigate the social and cultural contexts of environmental issues among western villages of Gilan province, rural areas of Tavalesh with a qualitative approach based on grounded theory. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 villagers as well as some experts in the spring of 2020 using targeted sampling. The validity and reliability of this study were evaluated based on control or validation by the participants. Data analysis was performed in three coding stages. In open coding, 10 concepts were identified and in axial coding, 31 major categories were extracted. Also, through selective coding of major categories, the core of the discovery and the final paradigm model were drawn and "Environmental degradation" was recognized as the main phenomenon. Causal conditions include infrastructure barriers, legal vacuum, participation rate, second home ownership, lack of foresight, and value density. Furthermore, the results show that the Intervention conditions included: transient tourism, conflicting settlements, credit vacuum, and illegal crossings. Overall, the findings showed that environmental degradation is a multifactorial phenomenon that convergence of a set of causal and intervening conditions in the social context of rural society has caused its occurrence. Revision of laws and equipping of infrastructure, development of ecotourism and promotion of public education as interactive strategies will have consequences such as reduction of occupation and destruction, optimal waste management, sustainable tourism and environmental protection.
Journal of Rural Research, 2021
The purpose of this study is to determine strategies for empowering local communities in rural ar... more The purpose of this study is to determine strategies for empowering local communities in rural areas of Bazan, Javanrood County. The principal research tool was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α <0.7). The method of the present research is descriptive-analytical and it is an applied-developmental study. The required information and data were collected using documentary and field surveys by distributing the questionnaire. There are relatively good strengths and opportunities for empowering local communities in Bazan rural district: "Creating the necessary grounds for the participation of villagers in marketing and sales of handicraft products" and "Supporting the economic strength of the villagers in the form of organizations and production cooperatives" are the most important strategies proposed to empower local communities in Bazan rural areas. Establishing necessary conditions for the villagers’ involvement in marketing and sales of handicraft products is proposed as one of the strategies for empowering local communities in the rural areas. Small rural industries are feasible and have a high employment relative to investment. It is estimated that with a certain amount of investment in this category of industries, it is possible to create much more jobs than in large industries.
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