Identifying and Analyzing the Effective Factors on Functional Changes of the Rural Areas in Qom Province

The purpose of this research is to investigate the factors which are affected the functional changes of rural areas in Qom province which was implemented by the descriptive، analytic-measuring methodology. In this project، 145 experts and managers related to planning and rural development were questioned about their views. After this investigation، by the method of factor analyzing، eight key factors as the affective factors on functional changes of the rural areas were extracted and entitled. First factor، limitations in development of agriculture and employment in rural areas have at least 14% of the total variance and identified as the most important factor. Access and interaction of urban and rural areas، the promotion of tourism، the urbanization of the rural environment attractive، the new investment in rural areas the population changes and the facilities and services، respectively، 12. 79%، 9/48%، 8/50%، 6/80%، 5/20%، 4/84% and 4. 46% of the total variance of the variables explained