Identifying and Prioritizing the Influential Processes of the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation Projects on the Structure of the Urban and Regional System in Yazd Province

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD Student in Geography and Urban Planning, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran.

2 Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

Abstract

The role of national and regional policies in adjusting or deepening the urban and regional system pattern is important. Among the most important government policies and executive plans are the plans implemented by the responsible organizations and institutions at different levels. Among these organizations is the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation, which in the years after the revolution has prepared and implemented plans for living complexes in cities, such as the Mehr Housing Project, the Housing Mass Development Project, the National Housing Movement Project, etc. In this research, the identification and prioritization of the influential drivers of the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation projects on the structure of the urban and regional system in Yazd Province have been examined and analyzed. This research is applied in terms of its purpose and is a descriptive-analytical survey in terms of the degree of control of variables and the data collection method. Data collection in this study is a combination of library and field methods, and a large amount of information was obtained using a questionnaire. The statistical population of this study consists of experts and specialists, and the sample size was obtained using the Cochran method at 96. The researcher distributed 110 questionnaires to improve the quality of the data, and after collecting 103, they were returned to the researcher, and the analysis was based on this number. The data in this study was tested using the SWARA method of Cresolin, Zavadskas, and Tureksis. The results show that according to the calculations in the Swara algorithm, among the main criteria, the globalization processes criterion with a weight of 0.2462 has won the first place, and the environmental physical processes criterion with a weight of 0.2028 has won the second place, the institutional processes and laws and regulations criterion with a weight of 0.2024 has won the third place, the social and cultural processes with a weight of 0.1813 has won the fourth place, and finally the economic processes with a weight of 0.1674 have won the last place. In general, the policies and plans of the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation in the field of providing housing and developing infrastructure in rural areas and small towns have been able to have a positive impact on the structure of the urban and regional system in Yazd province.

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Geography and Territorial Spatial Arrangement
Volume 15, Issue 56
October 2025
Pages 99-136

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  • Receive Date: 15 February 2025
  • Revise Date: 20 July 2025
  • Accept Date: 28 July 2025

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