Investigating the Role of Sustainable Urban Development Strategies in Mountainous Areas (Case of: Shahrekod City)

The importance of the perspective of urban development of mountainous areas in Shahrekord in determining the economic, social and physical destiny of the city is such that it can be considered the heart of the strategic planning process of urban development of mountainous areas. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of urban development strategies in sustainable urban development of mountainous areas in Shahrekord. The present study is an applied research in terms of purpose (type of use). The method used in this research is a descriptive-analytical method. The statistical population of the study in this study includes the residents of Shahrekord and the statistical range of the whole region includes the city of Shahrekord. The number of statistical populations is estimated at 160,000. The sample size was 383 people based on Cochran's formula and randomly determined. The data collection tool includes a researcher-made questionnaire which is in two main parts (urban development strategies and sustainable urban development in mountainous areas). The collected data were analyzed based on the analysis of structural equations in Emus software. The results show that the coefficient of impact of poverty alleviation on sustainable urban development of mountainous areas is equal to 0.49, the coefficient of economic impact on sustainable urban development of mountainous areas is equal to 0.15, and the coefficient of impact of tourism on sustainable urban development of mountainous areas is equal to 0.36. The coefficient of impact of human resources on sustainable urban development of mountainous areas is equal to 0.20, the coefficient of impact of infrastructure on sustainable urban development of mountainous areas is equal to 0.56, the coefficient of impact of governance on sustainable urban development of mountainous areas is equal to 0.25, the coefficient of impact of transportation Sustainable urban development of mountainous areas has been equal to 0.16.