Explaining the Causes and Consequences of Rural-Urban Migration in Maragheh County with an Emphasis on Sustainable Development

Kazemi, Ahmad; Azar, Ali

Explaining the Causes and Consequences of Rural-Urban Migration in Maragheh County with an Emphasis on Sustainable Development

Document Type : Origional Article

Authors

Ahmad Kazemi ¹

Ali Azar ²

¹ Department of Urban Management, Mar.C., Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran

² Department of Urban Planning and Architecture, Mar.C., Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran

Abstract

Background and Objective: One of the main challenges of urban management is population imbalances and inappropriate population distribution at the level of metropolitan areas. The instability of the rural population and continued migration have caused fundamental challenges in cities. The aim of the present study was to identify the causes and consequences of rural-to-urban migration in Maragheh city from the perspective of rural migrants in this city.
Methodology: This was done using a descriptive-analytical method and a survey method. The statistical population of the study included all residents of the marginal areas of Maragheh city who had migrated and settled in this neighborhood for at least 4 years, of which 384 migrant residents were determined as the sample size. These samples were selected using a simple random method. To assess the effects of rural-to-urban migration, three important and fundamental parts of repulsion, attraction, and migration outcomes were used.
Findings and Conclusion: The results of the study show that among the repulsive factors of the economic sustainability of villages, the factor of "the absence of an agricultural Jihad service center in the village along with the limited seasonality of jobs in the village" has the greatest impact. Among the reasons for the social sustainability of the origin, the lack of welfare facilities and the lack of recreational facilities were the most agreed upon among the studied samples. The inappropriateness of the communication routes of the villages and the low possibility of accessing technical and educational facilities in the villages were identified as the most important factors for the physical sustainability of the origin, according to the migrants. The existence of job diversity, the right to choose, and the permanence of work in the city were the main economic attractions of the city for the rural migrants of Maragheh.

Keywords

Hmigration

squatter area

Sustainable development

Maragheh

Subjects

Urban Management

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