The Drivers of the Oil Economy Affecting the Spatial Developments of Mahshahr Port, Iran

In order to have a correct understanding of the oil economy factors affecting the spatial developments of Mahshahr port, it is necessary to know the key driving forces affecting it. This article was done with the aim of studying the drivers of the oil economy affecting the spatial developments of Mahshahr port.

This descriptive-analytical study was carried out based on the new methods of explanatory future research in 2021 in Mahshahr port, Iran. The drivers under study were extracted using the method of documentary studies and evaluated and measured using the opinions of 20 experts based on the Delphi method. In data processing, structural interaction analysis method was used in MICMAC software.

The increase in population growth due to immigration, the existence of incompatible urban uses (railways and oil depots), the increase in open space and urban fragmentation, the inefficiency of construction plans, programs and policies, the dominance of private means of transportation, population growth, the inefficient use of urban land, the increase Rural-urban migrations, political division and lack of integration in the decision-making and decision-making system and differentiation of land uses were the key drivers of the oil economy influencing the spatial developments of Mahshahr port.

The dispersion pattern of the drivers of the oil economy affecting the spatial developments of Mahshahr port shows the state of an unstable system.