An analysis on the development capabilities of the cities of Kurdistan province with emphasis on national convergence

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1 Associate Professor of Political Geography, Payamnoor, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Geography and Rural Planning, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

3 MA student of political geography, Payame Noor University, Ravansar, Iran

Abstract

Kurdistan province in west of Iran, has a major border with Iraq, it can be considered as a strong potential for development of commercial activities, especially in border cities. in this regard, development and its crucial facilities in the border cities of Kurdistan can play an important a vital role in establishing relations with neighboring countries and can also accelerate the pace of national convergence. The aim of this study, is to investigate and analyze the development capabilities of cities in Kurdistan province with emphasis on national convergence. It the term of aims applied method and in the tern of gathering and interpreting the descriptive-analytical method is used. In the process of preparing and producing data, first the effective factors on the development of Kurdistan province with emphasis on national convergence indicators are identified, using Delphi method and 45 experts’ ideas. In order to test the hypothesis, structural modeling and path analysis are utilized. The results showed that there is an effective relationship between the occurrence of development and its effect on national convergence with 0.48 coefficient path, which means that the components and criteria of development explain 0.48% of the success of the development strategy. On the other hand, there is a strong casual relationship between human development indicators (with 0.91 coefficient of path) and the occurrence of development, which means human development indicators determine development, but there is is no causal relationship between occurrence of political development factors (with a path coefficient) and success of the development in the cities of Kurdistan province. and it means that the factors of political development, due to the effect that it has on the occurrence of the development of the cities of Kurdistan province, can be a determining factor in the success of the development of the cities of Kurdistan province. In general, it can be said that the development of the cities affects the criteria of national convergence.

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Journal of Sustainable Urban & Regional Development Studies (JSURDS)
Volume 2, Issue 3 - Serial Number 5
December 2021
Pages 66-82

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  • Receive Date: 27 September 2021
  • Revise Date: 12 December 2021
  • Accept Date: 22 December 2021

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