Identification and analysis of the effective factors in areal integrated development with emphasis on rural-urban linkages (Case study: Minoodasht Township)

Areal inequalities are the main challenge to development in many countries. In this context, areal planning is a response to shortcomings and an attempt to eliminate inequalities and to achieve areal integrated development. Aim of this study was to identify and analyze affecting factors in areal integrated development with emphasis on rural-urban linkages in Minoodasht township. This is an applied research in its nature and its method is descriptive-analytic. Three techniques were used in this study: Brainstorming, Delphi and Cross-impact matrices (using Mick Mac software). Using brainstorming and Delphi, 54 factors were identified comprising 11 factors in the agricultural sector, 4 factors in the industrial sector, 13 factors in the service sector, 4 factors in the in the manpower, 4 factors in the infrastructure sector, 3 factors in the education sector, 5 factors in the social sector, 4 factors in the natural resources sector and 6 factors in administration and planning sector. These factors were analyzed using Mick Mac software. Based on the obtained results, the system is unstable and therefore it has five categories of factors. The affecting factors contain twelve factors such as areal integrated management and areal transportation network. The independent factors contain fifteen factors such as oilseeds cultivation, forests and meadows. The planar factors contain sixteen factors such as sports tourism, entrepreneurs and e-commerce. The influenced factors contain eleven factors such as service units and cooperatives. There is not adjustment factor in the system under study.