Investigating Mechanisms of Marginal Settlement Life Improvement

Navid Loghmani,Mehdi Rahimian,Hamid Movahed Mohammadi,Yaser Mohammadi

doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.222.228

Abstract

The main purpose of this research was to investigate mechanisms to improve marginal settlement life in Koohdasht County in Lorestan province. This research was a sort of the survey studies and a questionnaire was compiled for collection of data. Statistical population of this study was included 1560 households; also sampling method was a sort of random sampling. Number of sample size was estimated 85 households. Questionnaire's reliability was confirmed through computing Cronbach's alpha coefficient which was 0.85. Face validity of questionnaire was confirmed by some Tehran university agricultural extension and education department scientific board members. Also data analyzed by WINspss 11.5. The results of research revealed that marginal area residents had not good financial situation but they undertook great supporting burden and in point of view access to services and life conditions had not good situation. Therefore improvement of life conditions of marginal settlement life such as fundamental infrastructure include communication systems and sanitation offloading system recognized as the most important mechanisms of marginal settlement improvement according to results of priority setting of marginal settlement situation mechanisms. Also the results of factor analysis showed that 7 main mechanisms were be effective in term of marginal settlement life improvement that in order to importance were included servicing and life condition improvement, credit-economic, civil and legal, control and prevention, population and migration control, infrastructures improvement and hygiene situation.

Highlights

Nowadays, civic phenomenon occupied the entire earth planet[7] and one of the human society problems which most of the cities is construction of unusual and non standardized habitats by immigrants and individuals who settled down in marginal areas due to different reasons
Some of the researches believed that the main reason of marginal areas is the immigration of individuals who seeks the better job and higher income opportunities due to their inappropriate economical situation
Most of the families (58.8%) supported more than 5 persons. regarding their educational level, most of the marginal areas residents (35.3%) are literate. regarding their jobs, about 40 percent of marginal areas residents suffer from unemployment. the majority of the persons who occupied a job (55.1%) were simple workers and peddlers. the results indicates that more than 70% of marginal areas residents have an income lower than 2 million Rials per month

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Civic phenomenon occupied the entire earth planet[7] and one of the human society problems which most of the cities is construction of unusual and non standardized habitats by immigrants and individuals who settled down in marginal areas due to different reasons. Studying the immigration phenomenon, its reasons and its control are the priorities of mechanisms related to improvements of marginal settlements situations. Control and prevention which is the duty of municipality, is considered as forth important mechanism which has effects on improvement of marginal areas residents situations.

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