Evaluation of the causal pattern of criteria affecting the creative village

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PhD in Geography and Rural Planning, University of Isfahan

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One of the major problems of countries is the recession and destruction of villages due to various factors such as unemployment, migration and other factors. The village has an effective role as a place to live and produce. Creativity in rural areas can be considered as one of the new approaches to rural development to produce and live and prevent the collapse of rural areas. Today, perhaps one of the most successful ways to transform a village into a village with a successful economy is to use the concept of a creative village. Rural creativity has played a key role in rural development, and in this regard will provide sustainable income generation for rural communities. In the researches, creativity and its dimensions have been considered in urban areas, while the need for this concept and its function in rural areas is felt more due to the problems of the villagers. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the causal model of criteria. Effectively done on the creative village. The present study is applied according to its purpose, and based on descriptive-causal method. The statistical sample of the study consisted of 35 experts and specialists related to rural planning. In order to achieve the research goal, fuzzy dimethyl technique was used. Findings of the study showed that among the four criteria (participation, initiative, leadership and promotion and education) of the creative village, the criterion of participation was the most effective and the criterion of initiative was the most effective creative village. Also, the participation criterion was identified as the most important criterion of the creative village. Criteria for promotion, education and leadership also have a kind of mediating role in terms of effectiveness and effectiveness.

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