Leveling of villages based on livability indices(Case study: Rural settlements of Sowme’eh Sara county)

Introduction:

Today, improving livability in villages and cities is one of the main goals of planners in every country. For this purpose, first of all, an accurate and comprehensive knowledge of livability and its Indices is required in order to level the villages and rural district based on them and then plan for their improvement.GoalThe aim of this study is the Leveling of villages of Sowme’eh Sara county based on livability Indices.

Methodology:

The present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of methodology. The statistical population of the research is 22790 rural households in Sowme’eh Sara county. To achieve the purpose of the research, library resources and field studies based on the distribution of questionnaires and interviews with 377 heads of households living in sample villages(20 villages selected by stratified and random sampling method) decision-making was used. For data analysis, t-statistical method and regression analysis and COPRAS decision method were used.

Geographical area of research:

The geographical area of research is the rural settlements of Sowme’eh Sara county.

Results and Discussion:

The findings showed that there is a difference between the 24 Indices in the studied villages and the leveling of the villages does not follow a specific rule, so that according to the Indices of livability, Hindkhaleh village (with a distance of 19) And the two rural district of Hindkhaleh, Siavi (distance 18) and Laksar (distance 17.5) km from the city center of Sowme’eh Sara are at very favorable, favorable and average levels, respectively. Also, the findings of regression analysis showed that with a unit increase in the distance of villages from the center of the province (Rasht city) by -0.534, changes can be explained in the amount viability of villages in Sowme’eh Sara.While the distance from the center of the Sowme’eh Sara does not explain the changes in the amount of livability.

The research results show the livability status of the villages of Sowme’eh Sara county are not at the same level based on the studied Indices.