Vision

The Journal of Community Development (Rural-Urban) publishes articles with a fundamental, applied, and descriptive-analytical perspective. The thematic area of ​​the journal is social, cultural, economic, and environmental, with a focus on local communities (rural-urban).

The outputs of this journal, in the form of articles extracted from theoretical and field studies, are effective in formulating programs and policies related to the development and progress of the country, and will pave the way for the realization of the university's mission in the field of social responsibility and solving the country's problems and issues.

Objectives

1- Expanding knowledge of local development studies (rural-urban) with a community-centered approach

2- Identifying and explaining the role of various actors at the national, regional and local levels in development

3- Expanding and expanding a network of interdisciplinary researchers in the field of local development

4- Gaining more knowledge of research methods and techniques in rural and urban local development studies

Some of the topics proposed by the Journal of Community Development (Rural-Urban) Development and progress of local communities
Study of social, cultural, economic and environmental dimensions in local community development
Local communities and their demands and requirements in development processes
Capacity assessment and estimation of local community assets such as: physical capital, environmental capital, economic capital, human capital and social capital
Drawing a vision for local communities
Experiences of attracting local community participation in local development processes
Social and cultural evaluation of policies, programs and intervention projects in local development
The role of social responsibility in local development
Governance and power structure in Local Communities
Social Resilience and Local Development