Assessing Sustainability Nomadic Settlement Centers: Case Study: Fars and Isfahan Provinces

The thought of Sustainable development in our country's nomadic society results from the efforts researchers and scientists have made in order to organize better living atmosphere for nomads, make proper use of resources and create a balance between man, community and nature. In the recent years, various problems and challenges before nomadic regions have appealed the attentions toward nomadic and rural regions.
The current paper aims at assessing sustainability in nomadic settlement centers. Research type is applied-developmental and research method is documental, analytical and survey. To complete data set, questionnaires were used. Regarding the population of centers understudy, sample size was estimated through Cochran Formula as 372. To assess sustainability dimensions, T. student and stepwise regression were employed by the use of SPSS. Furthermore, to rank settlement centers from the viewpoint of sustainability indexes, TOPSIS model was used.
Findings indicate that according to the model points of view, the sustainability of nomadic settlement centers is evaluated lower than average in the studied indexes. Multivariate regression results show that economical dimension with the coefficient of 0.645 has had the most influence on the sustainability of settlement centers. Also, according to results obtained from TOPSIS model, Dasht-e-Bokan Center with the highest point in the economic (0.735) and environmental (0.590) indexes and Golafshan Center with the highest point in the social (0.718) indexes are considered as the most enjoyable centers and Dasht-e-Lar with the lowest point is recognized as the most deprived center.