Designing a Sustainable Social Development Model based on Social Barriers in Bashagard County

Document Type : Research-Case Study

Authors

• Abbas Amini ¹
• Gholamreza Jafarinia ²
• Bagher Gorgin ³

¹ PhD Candidate in Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr Branch, Bushehr, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran

³ Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Theology, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr Branch, Bushehr, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/jgrd.2023.84557.1334

Abstract

This study aimed to design a sustainable social development model considering social barriers in Bashagard County. Mixed method was used for conducting this study. The population of Bashagard in urban and rural areas was considered and Morgan’s table was applied to determine the size of the sample. Considering the unlimited statistical population, the maximum number of the sample size, that is, 384 people were selected. In the qualitative phase, 20 professors and 10 experts in urban and social sustainability development in universities, and 10 experts from cultural heritage organization were interviewed. The data collected by the questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS and LISREL (descriptive statistics and inferential statistics). A mix of statistical techniques and descriptive indicators were applied to analyze the data and rank Bashagard in terms of possessing facilities and services. Then, structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to design a sustainable development model. Excel and SPSS were used for data analysis, and LISREL software was used for structural equations and the model made by this study. The standard deviation of results showed that the dispersion of responses to research items is higher than average (0.050). The t-test results showed that the t value (8.09) is higher than the standardized t value (1.96), being in H1 zone. It can be stated that the research hypothesis is confirmed at a significance of 95%, meaning that social factors have impacted the underdevelopment of Bashagard County.

Keywords

• Development
• Sustainable Social Development
• Social Barriers
• Bashagard County

Main Subjects

• Sustainable development and environmental sustainability

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