Participatory Needs Assessment Analysis Based on the Governance Approach Based on Rural Community-Oriented Management (Case Study: Chahartaq Village of Bakherz City)

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1 Center for Rural Development Studies, Natural Disasters Research Institute, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

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Participatory needs assessment analysis is the process of examining the needs, issues and problems of the people and society considering their cooperation and participation. This approach aims to identify the real needs of the people which improves the quality of life while increases the satisfaction of the society. Meanwhile,the purpose of governance is to provide the rights and needs of the people in the society. Examining governance approaches can improve the process of management and transparency in the villages of Bakharz town located in northeastern Iran. The development plan of rural systems with the social network approach has been a step for formulating the action plan of governance in the villages of the studied region. In this regard, assessing the needs and prioritizing the problems of villagers  in the region is one of the most important principles in rural planning. In this research, using qualitative methods, all problems were identified and prioritized from the point of view of local stakeholders. In the next step, the AHP method was used to identify the rural development priorities according to the local stakeholders' opinions. The results showed that completion of the deep dam reservoir, the modification of the cultivation pattern and the dredging of the Qanats for men with the highest priority and covers 33% of the needs of the men's group and 17% of the needs of the women's group, respectively. Communicating with the local communities in the form of collective decision-making is a process that could bring policy making with an emphasis on the local stakeholders which will ensure success of the project.

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