inhibiting and promoting factors influencing rural immigration: a case from iran

the main purpose of this study was to explore factors influencing immigration from rural to urban areas in varkaneh , a famous village and tourist destination located in western part of iran- hamedan. a questionnaire was designed and validated by a panel of experts from extension education dept. of bu-ali sina university and hamadan jihad of agriculture. its reliability was secured by cronbach’s alpha that reached 0.72. through a non- probabilistic sampling approach, seventy-eight varkaneh residents who admitted to participate in our study were interviewed. migration promoting factors were labeled as economic, family solidarity and rural infrastructure ; while inhibiting factors were named aesthetic, developmental, supra-structural and social solidarity. [azami et al. inhibiting and promoting factors influencing rural immigration: a case from iran. international journal of agricultural science, research and technology, 2012; 2(1):27-30].