Major Challenges of Iranian Rural Communities for Achieving Sustainable Development | Science Publications

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Ali Asadi¹  Shahla Chubchian¹  Hossein S. Fami¹  Khalil Kalantari¹  Iraj Qasemi¹ 

关键词: Sustainable rural development;    rural development challenges in Iran;    Diversification of rural economy;   

DOI  :  10.3844/ajabssp.2008.724.728

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Science Publications

【 摘 要 】

Problem statement: Rural population in Iran live in an unstable environment and geographically, villages are extremely diverse and more than 65% of them have population less than 250 persons, which do not provide sufficient population threshold for most of services and sustainable economic and job creation activities. Only 7.5% of rural areas have population more than 1000 persons. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to find out major challenges of Iranian rural communities for achieving sustainable development. Approach: To fulfill this objective, 60 rural development experts who are engaged in government organizations relevant to rural development, were randomly selected. Questionnaire was used to collect data and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbachs alpha of 0.83. To arrive to consensus of experts opinion, factor analysis was used to achieve data reduction and extract factors. Results: In total, 5 factors, including "economic", "management and planning", "environmental", "social" and "physical challenges" were identified. These factors explained 65.52% of challenges to achieving sustainable development in rural areas in Iran. Conclusion: Diversification of rural economy, supporting job creation activities, promoting sustainable rural tourism, business and industrial activities, establishing a stable urban-rural network are among important agenda which can create an appropriate condition for sustainable development in Iranian rural communities.

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