Identifying the Advantages and Economic Potential of Rural Areas with the Approach of Forming an Integrated Functional Space (Case Study: Villages of Sarvabad County- Kordistan Province)

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In developing countries, including Iran, it is necessary to identify the comparative advantages of a residential area of ​​a complex, try to compete with each other in a functional environment based on their advantages and equal opportunities for progress. Provided for them, In this regard, in the present study, the economic stability of the villages in the study area was first assessed. The current capabilities and comparative advantages of rural areas to form a homogeneous functional space in 7 areas were identified. The statistical population of this study includes villages of Sarvabad county. Sarvabad is one of the 72 villages in Kurdistan province. 17 economic variables have been used to assess the stability of the villages. The present research is applied in terms of purpose, method; It is a descriptive-analytical that has used documentary and survey methods to collect data. The data were obtained through the 2016 census data of rural areas of Sarvabad county, oral judgment of Delphi group and field visits and their analysis using TOPSIS technique, spatial statistics tools (Moran correlation index, hot spots). , A binary comparison was performed. The results show that the economic stability of the villages in the region is almost appropriate and in terms of spatial distribution is normal and random. In terms of dividing the villages into three levels of stable, semi-stable and unstable, 11 villages out of 72 are less than 16% of the total villages of the county are in the stable class, 25 villages, approximately 35% of the villages in the region are distributed as the highest percentage in the semi-sustainable class and 50% (36 villages) are located in the unstable class. Also, the current capabilities and comparative advantages of rural areas in seven axes, with the advantages of cross-border trade development, almond production and rural tourism based on food tourism; Development of rural tourism based on nature tourism, cultural tourism and health tourism (nature therapy, use of medicinal plants, etc.); Fisheries development and handicraft production; Development of orchards and production of strawberries and processing of related products; Livestock and utilization of the potential of mineral waters and medicinal plants; Agriculture with emphasis on summer crops and cultivation of rainfed and irrigated crops (wheat and barley), honey production and service-communication advantage, were identified so that considering the region as a functional space, equal development opportunities to all villages in Develop a desirable spatial order for the equitable enjoyment of fruits. Finally, solutions are provided to benefit from the identified advantages to move towards sustainable development of villages and cities.  

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