Survey on Economic and Social Effects of Industrial Estates upon Rural Areas Case Study: Industrial Estate Khayyam Neyshabour

Nowadays industrialization in many developing countries is considered as the foundation to achieve development. In addition, industrialization is considered as a process that has positive and negative effects on all aspects of human life. Especially in economic sectors its effects are quite tangible. Therefore in order to accelerate the transformation of rural life, creating industrial towns and industrial areas strategy in rural areas was taken by the planners in the past three decades. In this study, to evaluate the effects and consequences of Khayyam industrial town in the economic development of surrounding rural areas, 2 villages have been chosen. Then comparisons of economic indicators were done between two groups, village residents of industrial town and other rural workers. Results using statistical analysis (parametric and non-parametric) shows, further economic indicators such as employment rates, increase revenue and. .. are significantly different from each other.