Authors
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PhD student of Geography and Rural Planning, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
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Professor, Department of Geography, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
Abstract
The current research was conducted with the aim of explaining the effective factors in the change of land use in rural areas in Lesht Nasha section of Rasht County. The research method in the current study is based on the purpose of the applied type, in terms of descriptive-analytical methodology and in terms of the nature of the data, it is qualitative-quantitative. The statistical population in the qualitative part of the research includes: experts in the field of land use changes and rural planning, which includes (university professors, managers and experts of related organizations). Graduates of geography and rural planning; finally, there are 25 members of the council and villagers in the villages of Lesht Nasha district according to targeted sampling. Also, in order to analyze the data, the grounded theory model and FARAS were used. The results showed that, according to the experts' point of view: social drivers, lack of balance and inappropriate policies in the field of land use changes, the need to create infrastructures, lack of integrated management, tourism in the region, unwillingness to continue agricultural work among Villagers were identified as effective factors in land use changes, among them, in order: the tourism of the area with a weight of 0.436, the lack of integrated management with a weight of 0.433, the lack of balance and inappropriate policies in the field of changes land use with a weight of 0.424, the need to create infrastructure with a weight of 0.420, social drivers with a weight of 0.410, unwillingness to continue farming among villagers with a weight of 0.390, the most and The villages of this sector have had the least impact on land use changes.
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