Presenting a strategic model for sustainable development and security of border areas and its role in regional competitiveness (case study: West Azerbaijan province)

Document Type : Science - Research

Authors

1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran.

2 Professor, Department of Geography, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

Abstract

the current research aims to present the strategic model of sustainable development and security of the border areas of West Azerbaijan province and its role in regional competitiveness. Based on this, the method of this research; In terms of purpose, is practical, and in terms of method, it is descriptive-analytical, and in terms of nature, it is based on strategic and exploratory planning methods. The statistical population of this research includes 35 experts in the field of regional planning, managers, specialists, and researchers (22 managers and experts and 13 researchers) who were selected by snowball sampling. The Delphi method was used to collect the data for this research. Strategic planning and Meta-SWOT software were used for data analysis. The results showed that the presence of border markets and transformation in people's business had an effect on the development and stability of security in the region with a rate of (5.59), The factor of Iran's military power, the diversity and appropriate deployment of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the region with a rate of (5.57), The reason for the government's special attention to the issue of security in the region and the strict and strong supervision of the Police and Border Guard commander in the borders of the province with a rate of (5.46) respectively, it is the most compatible with the goals of the strategy of West Azarbaijan province.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 17 September 2024
  • Receive Date: 14 March 2024
  • Revise Date: 30 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 17 September 2024