The spatial distribution of socio-economic sustainability in rural areas of Ilam province based on existing environmental factors

One of the serious challenges of rural settlements in developing countries is the issue of socio-economic sustainability, which despite the systematic relationship with environmental sustainability is largely overshadowed and less independently conceptualized and studied. These two dimensions, in connection with which a significant part of the instability of the country's rural settlements are concerned, emphasize more than anything else the concept of intergenerational justice. The purpose of this study is the spatial distribution of socio-economic sustainability indicators in rural areas of Ilam province and also study this issue of what environmental factors and forces have caused spatial differences in these areas using spatial analysis in GIS for sampling, among 378 villages with more than 20 households, 37 villages were selected as a sample and 250 questionnaires were completed by the villagers. The research method in this article is descriptive-analytical and for data collection were used of two methods field ‌ libraries. Also, data analysis was performed by one-way analysis of variance and Tukey test in SPSS software and GIS. The results of the analysis of variance test show that is accepted the difference between the average social and economic dimensions in the levels of rural settlements, also, the results of Tukey test show that the spatial distribution of socio-economic sustainability indicators in the study area is different, which is affected by environmental factors and forces in the region.