The Role of the Small Towns in the Development of the Predominated Villages Case Study: Miami City of Semnan Province

Paying close attention to the infrastructure and developmental facilities of towns is one of the most essential and primitive actions regarding the reinforcement and improvement of living conditions in small towns to make them more attractive. Lack of attention to such issues results in the lack of output or financial justification for investment. The present research aims to answer these questions that whether or not small towns as Miami, regarded as the initial nucleolus, have any role in the fixation of population, employment, and facilities of the region under scrutiny. Therefore, Miami as a small town converted to a city in 1994 will be studied in this research conducted by descriptive-analytical method. It studies the role of a small town as Miami, located in the surroundings of Shahrood in Semnan province, in the development of the predominated villages. The results of the analysis indicate that this city succeeded to control migratory changes through making an appropriate policy and urban development, relative fixation of population on predominated areas, providing job opportunities, services and facilities. The results also denote that such small towns, regarded as agricultural poles of the region, can potentially increase their population if they are duly supported and developed. Being located on the rural migration route, such cities can direct the migratory flow to themselves and other nearby community centers. Considering the potentials and capacities of Miami and its mutual interaction with surrounding towns and villages, some suggestions are put forward regarding the establishment of industries for production purposes. This will enable the fore-cited city to play more significant role not only in infrastructural affairs, but also in the extension of functions and controlling the immigrants’ population, and in the expansion of fundamental and productive affairs.