The role of second homes in social harms case study: Babolsar border city

Babolsar is one of those cities that second homes have considerably occupied its area. Despite positive economic effects, the second homes expose many negative impressions on host society such as social harms. New social harms like cohabitation and informal marriage, theft, rent seeking activity and land grabbing, violence and mugging have been formed in Babolsar. Therefore, the aim of the study in to investigate various social harms (theft, addiction, spouse abuse, run away, cohabitation and informal marriage, prostitution, rent seeking activity and land grabbing, gambling, mugging, violence, divorce, homelessness, suicide and self-immolation, child abuse, demolishing public and private properties) in Babolsar border city and questionnaire was used to do so. The present study is a descriptive-analytical research and practical from aim viewpoint. Documentary and field researches were used to gather data. Statistical society is all Babolsar residents and volume of sample was 382 people through cochran formula. T test and Friedmann test were used to investigate and assess the social harms and to prioritize, respectively. T test results indicated that the social harms such as theft with mean 4.29, mugging with 3.93, violence with 3.68, cohabitation and informal marriage with 3.77, rent seeking activity and land grabbing with 3.38 had the highest ranks and run away with mean 2.43, unemployment with 2.48, addiction with 2.51 and homelessness with 2.54 had the lowest ranks in Babolsar. Based on Friedmann test, theft, mugging, violence, cohabitation and informal marriage, and rent seeking activity and land grabbing are ranked from the first to the fourth priority. Therefore, it is proposed to first provide a comprehensive pattern of distribution for the second homes in Babolsar; then judiciary- disciplinary organizations must apply more control and surveillance to prevent emergence of identified social harm.