this article wants to propose this theory that farm corporations are agropolitan development models in iran. as over-concentrating investments to the urban areas did not lead to a trickledown effect to the rural areas. to the extreme, there are ideas to minimize linkages with the urban economy, and to make the rural areas pursue self-sufficiency by maximizing its potentials. however, against th...

This study aimed to examine key factors affecting rural female facilitators’ role in participatory rural development in Tehran Province. Since the researchers intended to have a better insight into the facilitators’ role and employ inquiry as a learning forum for bringing about changes for all participants, they preferred to use a case study based upon an appreciative inquiry method. The study ...

Nowadays the growth of deserts is one the most important problems in Iran. This phenomenon has many reasons such as growth of population, global changes in the climates and many undesirable consequences such as the erosion of agricultural soils and immigration of rural people to urban regions mainly to the capital of Iran, Tehran. Isfahan province is one of the semi-arid and desert regions in t...

introduction spatial planning concepts have become prominent in discussions and strategies that focus on regional and rural development. at the heart of this policy framework is an understanding that competition between regions is one of the primary driving forces influencing social and economic development and hence cohesion. it is also understood that some regions have greater advantages in t...

rural sustainable development is one the most important components of achievement to sustainable development in a national scale which is not doable without using an efficient management. therefore, recognizing the problems ahead of local management in the scale of various geographical regions of the country and attempting to solve them by using proper course of actions could be instrumental. i...

in iran, new centralization characteristic, especially during pahlavi dynasty, has been convergence and its vast use in bureaucracy. historical sociological studies have consensus on the issues of centralization, power centralization, and political sovereignty in iran; however, these issues have some divisional interruptions and different levels of strength in some parts of the history. this es...

purpose: religious beliefs of the distant past, had a major role in the establishment and development of human settlements. in order to earn religious tourism and the preservation of cultural heritage is taken into consideration. this paper attempts to influence of presence of religious tourists on the development of rural settlements must be examined from the perspective of the villagers. meth...

Thispaper intends to explore current trends of rural development and rural policies in the light of the approaching EU accession; and tries to give some concrete recommendations to Hungarian policy makers. Westate that, the EU policies communicate rather contradictory messages, urgingfor centralisation (institutional, legislative) and continued subsidies for industrial agriculture on the one ha...

purpose: development inequalities in rural regions, especially in regard to infrastructures and delivery services impose numerous undesired consequences over towns and villages. hence this research attempted to assess the infrastructure – services development level of villages in central district of koohdasht county (lorestan province). methodology: the research is an applied and descriptive- a...