Impact of Regional Development of Aras Free Zone on Geoeconomic Position of South Caucasus

Authors

• Khadigeh Ghanbarpour ¹
• Hojat Mahkouii ²
• Ali Amiri ³
• Yosef zeinolabedin ⁴

¹ Ph.D. student of political geography, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran.

² Department of Geography, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran.

³ Assistant professor, Department of Geography, Lorestan university, khorramabad , Iran

⁴ Department of Geography Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gilan, Iran

10.30495/jzpm.2021.4255

Abstract

Aras Free Zone is one of the seven free trade-industrial zones in the north of the country, which can play an important role in development at the national and local levels, especially for the cities of the north and northwest of the country. This free zone is adjacent to the South Caucasus region, which has a geo-economic situation; Hence, it can take advantage of this opportunity. This issue has led to the study of this issue in this study. This paper is a qualitative and descriptive-analytic one with the aim of analyzing the impact of Regional Development of Aras Free Zone on the Geo-economic position of the South Caucasus region by gathering information from library sources and websites. The main question in this article is whether the Aras Free Zone is affected by the geo-economic situation of the South Caucasus region? In answer to the question, it is hypothesized that the Aras Free Zone is influenced by the geoeconomic position of the South Caucasus region. The results show that the Aras Free Zone is affected by the changes taking place in the Geo-economics position of the South Caucasus region. Due to the geo-economic role of the South Caucasus region, the developments in this region cannot be ignored in the Aras Free Zone, and due to the influence of geographical areas on each other, the Aras Free Zone will inevitably be affected by the developments in this region.
 

Keywords

• Aras Free Zone
• South Caucasus
• Geo-economics position
• Regional Development

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