Physical-spatial impacts of villager's participation in implementation of rural development projects with emphasis on government development projects (Southern Kouhdasht Dehestan of Kouhdasht County)

One of the most important factors that affect physical – spatial dimension of rural settlement is the implementation of development projects that have been implemented by government in rural area. Optimal effectiveness of these projects has always been one of the main concern. Evaluation has shown that the role of public participation in the preparation، approval and implementation of projects is highly important. Further، the projects that have emphasized the role of people in development projects had more effectiveness in physical – spatial stability and people satisfaction، in contrast where the people role has not been considered in projects، have resulted to unsustainable impact and even have established more issues. Accordingly، this study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of villagers'' participation in physical - spatial projects (physical) in rural areas. The present research method is descriptive – analytical and methods for data collection is library - survey. Geographical scope of this study، the population of the 47 villages and the rural South Kouhdasht. This study was carried out in south Kouhdasht 47 villages. The study samples included 10 villages and 324 households. The Cochran formula was used to determine the study samples. The sampling method was stratified-Rabdom sampling. Also for the analysis of data (T-TEST) and hierarchical analysis model (AHP) has been used. The result of the analysis showed that projects in some villages have favorable effects. The present study results imply that the participation of villagers in such projects is the key reason of projects favorable effectiveness.