Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
3 PhD student in entrepreneurship, member of the faculty of Jihad University Humanities and Social Studies Research Institute
Abstract
Rural development is the opening of livelihood bonds facing these communities in their own hands, and the possibility of intervention and definition of issues for rural communities regardless of their perception of their needs is a futile and already failed task. Therefore, in order to achieve sustainable rural development, it is inevitable to know the basic issues of these communities from the point of view of local communities and to know their perception of their issues and needs. This paper articulate with the aim of local communities' perception and imagination of their needs and how to prioritize them. The qualitative research method relies on the formation of focus groups and group discussions. The field of study is the villages of Malekshahi (27 villages). In order to form focus groups, efforts have been made to include all strata of rural communities, including ranchers, farmers, workers, youth, women, and employees. The number of focus groups formed is also 27 groups. The findings showed that six categories of needs can be identified in the villages of Malekshahi’s county from the point of view of the local community, which are: facility needs, road network needs, service needs, economic needs, agricultural needs, and institutional needs. Based on the type and distribution of the needs, it can be concluded that the types of needs of the villages of Malekshahi are largely consistent with each other and a significant part of them are related to the needs related to the infrastructure, which is more related to the quality and possibility of their life. Also, the perception of Malekshahi’s rural community about needs shows that these communities do not have define a role for themselves and rural communities to solve these issues, and somehow they are trying to project their own problems with this mechanism and take away the blame from themselves.
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