Sustainable Development Strategies in the Rural Areas by AHP Technique (Case study: Rural Areas of Aran-Bidgol, Kashan and Natanz)

Studies and planning in rural areas identify needs and prioritize them can guarantee the program's success. in most rural development programs, less attention has been paid to the diversification of economic activity and Agriculture is often emphasized as one-dimensional and Considering that each rural areas is to be different of sustainable development ,Given all the potential of rural they can get out of the problems. The method of this article is Descriptive and analytical type and its questionnaire was completed by experts. After determining strategies for sustainable rural development in the study, 10 were selected as the best option strategies. So the indicators were selected to evaluate the optimal strategy of sustainable development. For this purpose during the three rounds were selected indicators of measurement of optimal strategy of sustainable development in rural area by experts. These indicators are in 4 categories: Economic categories (with 6 sub criteria), social (5 sub criteria), physical-space (with 4 sub criteria), environmental (with 4 sub criteria). Then Impact factor indicators and weights were measured by AHP technique. Finally, the best strategy of sustainable rural development in the North West of Isfahan Province was selected by promethean method. The results of the research findings showed that among of the rural development strategies that choice with region experts, tourism development planning strategy is the first priority, and after that is the strategy of public participation.