Identifying deterring factors of the economic development of border villages in the study area: Torbat-e-Jam city

Document Type : مقالات علمی -پژوهشی

Authors

• Farhad Ramezani ¹
• Maryam Ghasemi ²

¹ MَA student in Geography and Rural Planning, Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/pg.2021.39641

Abstract

he purpose of the present study is to identify the factors hindering the economic development of border villages of the country with emphasis on Torbat-e Jam city. The research method is descriptive-analytical and it is applied-developmental. Data gathering was done through documentary and field method using questionnaire. The statistical population of the border villages of Torbat-e Jam city and the sample size was 264 households in 17 border villages located 10 km from the Iran-Afghanistan border. The results of exploratory factor analysis show that the most important impediments to economic development of border villages of Torbat-e-Jam city are: “Security challenges in border villages” with 22.47, “Drought and water shortages in border villages” with 14/27, "Unemployment and low incomes of border village residents" with 12/18, "Lack of adequate investment in the border areas" with 8/26, "Poor performance of trustees in border areas" with 7/49, "Weak infrastructure in border villages with 5.88", "Non-native border managers and officials" with 4.80, "Weak roads and transportation facilities" with 4.15, " DISI product marketing residents in border areas "to 81/3" communication with the cross-border areas "by 62/3 percent of variance explained.