The Role of Structural Factors Affecting the Institutional Development of Suburban Spaces of Villages: A Case Study of Central Part of Hashtrood County

Institutionalsm is a comprehensive methodological model available to explain development. It is a type of economic analysis emphasizing the role of social, cultural, local, political, and economic institutions in determining economic events. Suburban villages are among the obvious consequences of urban development in which rural-urban migration plays a key role. The purpose of the present study is to analyze the factors affecting institutional development in the development of rural areas of Hashtrood county. The method used is a combination of survey and analytical-structural methods. To determine the study area, three villages from Qaranqo rural district (Lamshan, Damanab, and Khorjestan) and four villages from Aliabad (Aliabad Olya and Sofla, Khorasanlu, and Khorasanak Station) were selected according to the distance from the city center. Using Cochran's formula, from 1273 rural households, 295 with 95% confidence level and p,q= 0.5, were selected as the sample size. First, by surveying experts and scientific specialists, the indicators and items of institutional development of suburban areas were identified and then the views of indigenous villagers in relation to the factors affecting the development of official institutions and NGOs in the studied villages were evaluated. In order to analyze the factors affecting institutional development in the study area, SPSS statistical software, analytical hierarchy process methods (AHP), and AMOS were used. The results of factors affecting institutional development from the perspective of experts and specialists, in the form of 10 indicators using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), show a very low coefficient of the importance of indicators of participatory thinking and membership in the organizations (public, private, and NGOs). The model of structural factors affecting the institutional development of suburban spaces show validity and accuracy.