Author/Authors :
Asdaghpoor Hussein نويسنده MA Student, Public Administration, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran , Amiri Zahra نويسنده Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics Department, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
Abstract :
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 of the government. This paper aimsto determine factors that constitute rural development in Guilan Province (North of Iran). The presentstudyexamined 75 rural development indices derived from official documents. They were then standardized and classified according to six factorsusing the numerical taxonomy approach:humanresources, infrastructure costs, socio-cultural costs, economic performance, location and natural resources, and rural management. Share of each factor was rated by statistical analysis. The results of the analysis showed a negligible change in rural management and economic costs,whileother factors remained constant and no change was made to the impact status and rank of the six factors germane torural development. The studies recommendsrevisingthe economic structure and rural management of the province based on cooperatives.
