A study of the Spatial Effects of Special Economic Zones on the Dwellings in Asaloyeh (Case Study: Special Economic Zones of South Pars)

Iran is a developing country in which different economic projects are being implemented. Too often, these projects such as building dams, atomic installations, and creation of special economic zones, have very dire social, cultural, economic and ecologically environmental effects on the surrounding regions in a large scale. Since the social, cultural, economic and ecologically environmental sustainability of these projects are not considered, the life quality of dwellers in the project regions is in danger. Special economic zones of South Pars is one of these regions which was established in 1998 in Southern Boshehr Province in order to use the gas square of South Pars. The emergence of these industries and modern structures in societies with traditional structures regardless of their social and cultural dimensions will result in various consequences. The main purpose of the present research is the analysis of the spatial effects of special economic zones of South Pars on the dwellings in Asaloyeh. The main question of the present research asks what the consequences are with the emergence of industry and what effects these consequences have on the sustainable development in the social communities. The research is descriptive-analytic. Accordingly, the population consists of 150 persons. Interview, observation, and questionnaire have been used to collect data. The reliability and validity of the questionnaire were estimated by cornbach alpha and expert opinion, respectively. The findings indicate that the emergence of industry and the fast expansion of industrial developments in the region has brought up different consequences at various social, economic, spatial, and environmental effects, and the region has been encountering serious problems. The evidence reveals that it is possible to avoid these problems through extensive planning.