Explaining the spatial pattern of rural good governance in the surroundings of Karaj metropolitan

Rural good governance is a comparative approach that can be realized through behavior, regulation, the institutionalization of accountability, popular participation, transparency, legality, accountability, consensus, etc. In this regard, this study aimed to explain the spatial pattern of rural good governance in the villages of Karaj Township in Iran with a practical nature using a survey and documentary approach. Required data are 35Rural Governor, 503Islamic rural councils and 533rural householders who have been selected based on classification sampling during a multi-stage process.
In this research, spatial distribution and rural governance rank of local governments have been used PROMETHEE and ANP techniques. In order to investigate the relationship between the factors affecting rural governance and the spatial pattern of rural good governance in the studied area and the effect of these two on each other, the linear regression model and coefficient of determination (R2) technique have been used. Also, for assessing the model conditions, the suitability of the fitted model was examined by using variance analysis and coefficient of determination of the model.
The results of the research show that %53, %25 and %22 of the studied villages enjoy good, medium and weak levels of rural governance respectively.
Also, the results of rural good governance indexes in local governments indicate that participation, transparency, accountability, and consensus have been the most important affecting indices on local governments and Equity, efficiency and effectiveness, accountability and legitimacy have been the weakest ones.