journal of sustainable rural development

journal of sustainable rural development

Analysis of Key Drivers Affecting Marginalization (Case Study: Central Part of Shahriar County in the Tehran Metropolitan Area, Iran)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Ashraf Sajadi 1
Hasan Afrakhteh 2
Vahid Riyahi 3
1 Ph.D. Student of Department of Human Geography, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Professor, Department of Human Geography, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/jsrd.2025.495329.1204
Abstract
Purpose: The present study was conducted to investigate and analyze the key drivers affecting marginalization in the central part of Shahriar County.
Methods: The objective is applied and has an interpretative and analytical nature, and in terms of method, it is in the qualitative research group. The grounded Theory and Delphi methods were used to analyze the information.  Data was collected using documentary and library studies, and interviews, and questionnaires. The statistical population includes specialists (university professors, managers in relevant organizations), graduates of geography and rural planning, and elites in villages, and the sample size was determined to be 21 people based on purposive sampling.
Results: The results showed that 50 concepts and 16 semantic units (lack of knowledge and planning, weakness in national laws and policies, sectoral and one-dimensional management, focused approach in development, weakness in monitoring and evaluation, disregard for housing policy for low-income groups, immigration justifications, inflation, and unstable economic situation, economic justification of marginalization, inability of support systems, lack of planning perspective, lack of awareness and social education, lifestyle, change in social identity, lack of policy and appropriate platform for people's spontaneous mobilization and formations, and environmental and climatic conditions) were extracted from the interviews. Then, using the Delphi method, it was determined that experts agreed more with the semantic units proposed in the second stage than in the first stage, and the largest difference between the first and second stages was in the semantic unit of migration justifications with a difference of 0.015. Therefore, after identifying the semantic units, each was placed in the form of drivers (economic, structural, managerial and executive, environmental, institutional, and social-cultural).
Conclusion: The importance of knowing and being aware of the process of marginalization formation based on the experience of activists and experts in this field for policymakers, decision-makers, and economic managers in the matter of planning is such that it can be said that the best legislation is the mobilization of resources. Facilities, distribution of services, and facilities will not have the expected effectiveness and efficiency regardless of this discovery (the key drivers of marginalization in the study area).
Keywords
Drivers
Marginalization
Rural settlements
Shahriar County
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journal of sustainable rural development
Volume 9, Issue 1 - Serial Number 15
Spring and Summer
Spring 2025
Pages 3-14