the main purpose of this study was to investigate the factors causing the rural underdevelopment in iran. to fulfill this objective, delphi technique, as a method of refining group opinions and substituting computed consensus for an agreed-upon majority opinion, was used. the study used a series of three steps questionnaires. findings indicated that lack of a coherent strategy for sustainable r...

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...

This study determined the situation of rural tourism and agro-tourism in Tehran Province as well as the expected economic impacts of agro-tourism development on it. In this research, we used documental research method and field research based on questionnaires and face-to-face interview. It was found out that despite different tourist attractions in rural areas of Tehran province, tourist arriv...

introduction the review of roles and functions of local management show that rural managers have played a significant role and been responsible on the physical development of villages over the time. despite legal supports for playing a role in local management and any intervention for rural development and the physical expansion of rural settlements, such a role and its impacts on rural develop...

as the organizational relationships are effective in geographic environment of human settlements for development quality and its infrastructures, also it is influenced from space- place trends and development approaches definition and set to dialogue, not a different definition and set differently and they are effective in their spatial extent . on this basis, in this paper is trying to help so...

Rural development is a process involving local people in solving their problems. As a strategy designed to improve the social and economic well-being of rural populations, rural developmentundoubtedlysupportsnation-widedevelopmentina country like Iran with a rural-basedsociety. Theconstitutionof the Islamic Republic of Iran stipulates that ­rural development should be viewed as a key function o...

This study examined barriers of sustainable rural development from perspective of experts in Department of Rural Development in Razi University, Institute of Rural Research & Development, and Organization of Rural Cooperatives in Kermanshah (N=42).The sample size was estimated by population census. The main research instrument for data collection was pre-tested questionnaire. Validityof questio...