Analysis of Spatial Distribution of Leisure Land Use in Rural Areas Case Study: Maragheh Township

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1 Master of Geography and Rural Planning, Department of Rural Geography and Planning, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

3 Professor, Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background and Aim: The rural environment as the bed of human life and activities is a multidimensional issue. In the meantime, the issue of rural leisure is one of the broader issues that are reflected at the national and regional levels, and it is necessary to conduct research in all its dimensions, especially the use of leisure lands. Due to this necessity, this research intends to study and analysis the distribution of leisure land use in the villages of Maragheh city.
Methods: This research is of descriptive-analytical type and documentary-field methods have been used to collect its information. In this study, first, the required information in the field of subject and region was collected and then based on a process method using SPSS data analysis and summarization as well as integration and combination of information layers and in addition to matching the results and a more accurate understanding of the problem has been done in field studies.
Findings and Conclusion: The research findings showed that, among leisure uses, cultural and religious uses are of equal importance and have the first priority from the villagers' point of view. Also, the pattern of distribution of land uses has an unbalanced pattern and only the villages of Varjoui and Nova have a higher level of enjoyment.

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  • Receive Date: 11 April 2022
  • Revise Date: 24 April 2022
  • Accept Date: 01 May 2022

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