Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Ph.D. Student of Political Geography, Department of Geography, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran.
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Associate Professor, Department of Political Geography, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran (Corresponding Author)
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Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
Abstract
The environment, as the arena and bed of human life, has mportant role in life and providing basic needs for all living things. The quality of human life is possible with a healthy and suitable environment and with the protection maintenance of environmental components. These components play a key rolesustainable development. Humans and the environment are complementary, and the process of sustainable development is shaped by the balance in humans use environmental resources. Given the importance and necessity of sustainable development, countries and also the need to pay attention to this our country, we must pay enough attention to the factors that accompany this development. This article intends to investigate the role of environmental components (social, economic, political and environmental) that affect the sustainable development of Fars province. To examine this goal, the main question is what is role of environmental components affecting sustainable development in Fars province? Inevitably, for the research findings, the combined qualitative-quantitative method and the nature of the descriptive-analytical method have been used using library field collection tools (questionnaire). In the fieldwork, quantitative findings were extracted using a questionnaire for a sample size of 384 people.These people have been selected from the provincial experts and governorates of Fars province. The results show that in Fars province, Economic development is the first place, that is, this environmental component will have the greatest impact on sustainable development, and in the second place, Social development, Environmental development are in the third place and Political development in fourth place.
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