The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran The Journal of Community Development (Rural-Urban) 2783-0748 6 2 2014 09 23 Impact assessment of frontier markets on quality of life of frontier rurals (Case of border markets and selected villages in the Marivan city) Impact assessment of frontier markets on quality of life of frontier rurals (Case of border markets and selected villages in the Marivan city) 255 278 54323 10.22059/jrd.2014.54323 FA Hossein Mirzaie Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Social Development Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Sirwan Abedezadeh M.A of Rural Development, Department of Social Development Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2014 11 17 In this research, the focus is on the impact assessment of markets frontier on quality of life frontiers rural living in Marivan city in Kurdstan province. The central question in this research, frontier markets is: what dose effect on the quality of life of frontier rurals? Also considering the experience background and theoretical literature, four aspect of the quality of life (economic, social, cultural and psychological) have been worked with. Research method is miature of quantative method (survey) and qualitative (individual and group interview). Sample content includes 304 people from near and remote villages. Also with 10 subjects to complete the sample, the depth individual interviews were conducted. The results indicate that when the quality of life is evaluated with different catigories of aspects including housing, income, interrelationships and cultural values, interpersonal trust, social partnership and well-bing, markets have different effects on the life of the frontiers rural. As a result, the interviews indicate that in these circumstances on unequally only certain groups of rural frontiers (city dwellers and tradesmen or load oners) use the advantages of building markets, so appropriate atmosphere for increasing the villages attendance in market activities should be provided. In this research, the focus is on the impact assessment of markets frontier on quality of life frontiers rural living in Marivan city in Kurdstan province. The central question in this research, frontier markets is: what dose effect on the quality of life of frontier rurals? Also considering the experience background and theoretical literature, four aspect of the quality of life (economic, social, cultural and psychological) have been worked with. Research method is miature of quantative method (survey) and qualitative (individual and group interview). Sample content includes 304 people from near and remote villages. Also with 10 subjects to complete the sample, the depth individual interviews were conducted. The results indicate that when the quality of life is evaluated with different catigories of aspects including housing, income, interrelationships and cultural values, interpersonal trust, social partnership and well-bing, markets have different effects on the life of the frontiers rural. As a result, the interviews indicate that in these circumstances on unequally only certain groups of rural frontiers (city dwellers and tradesmen or load oners) use the advantages of building markets, so appropriate atmosphere for increasing the villages attendance in market activities should be provided. https://jrd.ut.ac.ir/article_54323_39624a756fc7e9a83027efb3da7be2c4.pdf