Assessment the Sustainability of Rural Development Case study: Kamijan Township

The process of social, economical and cultural changes during the last decades of Iran and diversity of geographical bed has formed an imbalance spatial system at rural settlements. Although hierarchical strengthen of settlements has a great importance for optimum organizing of rural areas, but in developmental programs, for the realization of this important issue, favorable and optimum results have not been achieved due to emphasize on service indices. The present paper, through the use of multilateral approach and in the form of analytical-descriptive and correlation method, intends to determine the development sustainability level and the effective factors on it in 49 rural settlements of Kamijan township. Gathering the data through questionnaires in a sample volume of 430 people and combination and incorporation of criteria and analyzing data by the use of weight indices and proper tests has been performed in spss soft ware. Based on “t student “test the stability level of all settlements is significantly less than what expected.Multi variable regression results showed that the social aspect with determinantfactor of 0.752 has had the most influence on sustainability level of the settlements. Based on the findings of factor analysis technique for stabilizing understudy settlements, the promotion of people partnership in social decision making, ease of access to health, education and economic services, strengthening the houses, organizing disposal of waste material, increase of production efficiency and the employment level are inevitable issues.