Conducting impact analysis projects on the development of rural areas (Case study: Village Khorashad city of Birjand)

Today in Iran, the rural guidance project, is the most important tool in the rural development management. These projects mainly focus on the physical aspects of rural areas and the major implemented or executed rural guidance projects have also physical aspects. In this regard, the main objective of this study is the investigation of the effects of the implementation of the guidance project on the development of the khorashad village. The nature of this study is descriptive-analytic and in descriptive method, the data was gathered through library studies and field operations by questionnaires. In the analytic method, according to the study hypotheses, the Pearson correlation test is used. The population of this study is the household headmen in village Khorashad, which 77 person of them have been calculated using the Cochran formula and questionnaires distributed among them. Validity of the questionaire is approved by experts and scholars in the related field of study. The results of the study showed that the inhabitants of rural areas were satisfied the implementation of the guidance project and extent of the effectiveness and success of the guidance project evaluated well in relation with housing indicators, physical, health and land use.