Evaluation of the Environmental Quality of Villages after the Implementation of the Rural Guide Plan (Case study: Villages in the Central District of Dargaz County)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Professor in Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D. Candidate, in Geography and Rural Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The present study was designed and implemented with the aim of evaluating the environmental quality of villages after the implementation of rural projects in the central part of Dargaz County. This research is descriptive and analytical in which the necessary field data was prepared by means of observation, interview and completing the questionnaire. To determine the sample households, 172 households were first selected as the sample size using Cochran's formula, and then the research samples were selected by simple random method. Descriptive and inferential statistics methods and SPSS and ArcGIS software were also used to analyze the data. The results show that 123 of the respondents stated that the implementation of the projects has caused an increase and 49 of the respondents have caused a decrease in the environmental quality of the villages. As a result, with the obtained results and the z-statistic with a value of -1.114 a significant level of 1.111, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference between the environmental quality of the villages before and after the implementation of projects. Among the villages that have excellent environmental quality, the role of government managers and engineering design in increasing the environmental quality of Utan Lo village attracts attention. The physical-spatial texture of this village is designed in such a way that the intersection network of the streets and the order of building the houses and the high quality of the materials used in the network of the alleys cause a special beauty in the surrounding space of this village and these factors increase the environmental quality of this village. The village is impressive. This is despite the fact that in the village of Saadabad, in addition to the non-observance of technical regulations and the use of substandard materials in the implementation of the plan, the role of the physical-spatial texture of this village in reducing the environmental quality of this village cannot be ignored.
The present study was designed and implemented with the aim of evaluating the environmental quality of villages after the implementation of rural projects in the central part of Dargaz County. This research is descriptive and analytical in which the necessary field data was prepared by means of observation, interview and completing the questionnaire. To determine the sample households, 172 households were first selected as the sample size using Cochran's formula, and then the research samples were selected by simple random method. Descriptive and inferential statistics methods and SPSS and ArcGIS software were also used to analyze the data. The results show that 123 of the respondents stated that the implementation of the projects has caused an increase and 49 of the respondents have caused a decrease in the environmental quality of the villages. As a result, with the obtained results and the z-statistic with a value of -1.114 a significant level of 1.111, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference between the environmental quality of the villages before and after the implementation of projects. Among the villages that have excellent environmental quality, the role of government managers and engineering design in increasing the environmental quality of Utan Lo village attracts attention. The physical-spatial texture of this village is designed in such a way that the intersection network of the streets and the order of building the houses and the high quality of the materials used in the network of the alleys cause a special beauty in the surrounding space of this village and these factors increase the environmental quality of this village. The village is impressive. This is despite the fact that in the village of Saadabad, in addition to the non-observance of technical regulations and the use of substandard materials in the implementation of the plan, the role of the physical-spatial texture of this village in reducing the environmental quality of this village cannot be ignored.
The present study was designed and implemented with the aim of evaluating the environmental quality of villages after the implementation of rural projects in the central part of Dargaz County. This research is descriptive and analytical in which the necessary field data was prepared by means of observation, interview and completing the questionnaire. To determine the sample households, 172 households were first selected as the sample size using Cochran's formula, and then the research samples were selected by simple random method. Descriptive and inferential statistics methods and SPSS and ArcGIS software were also used to analyze the data. The results show that 123 of the respondents stated that the implementation of the projects has caused an increase and 49 of the respondents have caused a decrease in the environmental quality of the villages. As a result, with the obtained results and the z-statistic with a value of -1.114 a significant level of 1.111, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference between the environmental quality of the villages before and after the implementation of projects. Among the villages that have excellent environmental quality, the role of government managers and engineering design in increasing the environmental quality of Utan Lo village attracts attention. The physical-spatial texture of this village is designed in such a way that the intersection network of the streets and the order of building the houses and the high quality of the materials used in the network of the alleys cause a special beauty in the surrounding space of this village and these factors increase the environmental quality of this village. The village is impressive. This is despite the fact that in the village of Saadabad, in addition to the non-observance of technical regulations and the use of substandard materials in the implementation of the plan, the role of the physical-spatial texture of this village in reducing the environmental quality of this village cannot be ignored.

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Available Online from 21 February 2025
  • Receive Date: 19 July 2024
  • Revise Date: 13 September 2024
  • Accept Date: 20 October 2024