Investigate the trend of rural development in Gachsaran city with Morris method

Abstract

Development is always a concern of any society. The principle of decentralization and bottom-up planning, participation and transfer people affairs to them as an approach to rural development has been always approved by planners and officials of the Islamic Republic. Methodology: Village as a human settlement is a clear manifestation of economic, social and cultural life that is associated with human life on this planet. The aim of this study is to investigate the trend of rural development in Gachsaran city with Morris method, the population is the villages of the city. According to the latest divisions in 1380, includes three urban, two county and seven villages. In the study population is the villages. The rural development is considered as the dependent variable and indicators used to assess development are considered as independent variables. In this study, to measure the research variables the questionnaire of Kalantari et al (1389) was used. The questionnaire has 117-item that is rating based on the five point Likert scale. To analyze the data and determine the level of development, the model of Morris and to distribute facilities and services, the coefficient of variation (C.V) is used and finally, these levels are prepared in the studied villages by using geographic information system (GIS). Results: From recent years with the rapid growth of industry and technology in the world, underdevelopment of rural areas becomes more obvious. Since rural people generally have lower incomes than urban people and benefit from little social services, rural people are more poor and vulnerable, that sometimes lead to their migration towards the cities. Conclusion: Planners to achieve an equitable distribution of resources and benefits of development among the majority of population try to reduce inequalities and imbalances through the development and implementation of various programs of eradication of poverty and immersive development of the positive aspects of development. An essential step in developing effective programs and consistent with reality, is to achieve the overriding goal, social justice and recognition of the status quo.