Qualitative analysis of Rural Guidance Plan of Moqiseh village Based on planning approaches

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

University of Tehran

10.22059/jrur.2024.366757.1876

Abstract

Introduction
Villages in Iran is a habitat for 30% of the population and one of the main sources of food production, which with proper planning can help to balance the settlement system and reduce the problems of cities. In the meantime, the Guidance Plan is practically in charge of the physical and functional organization of the village, along with the meaningful distribution of uses and the hierarchical distribution of the roads.
Methodology
There are various stages for the Guidance Plan of Moghiseh village, from preparation to implementation these steps, can be seen as two types of planning (individual rationalist planning and communication planning). The report of these steps has been achieved through interviews with villagers, foundation experts, and the study of the content of the Guidance plan.
After analyzing the information, the different stages of the plan were compared based on theoretical foundations. And finally, by specifying the planning method in each stage and their pathology, solutions were presented.
Results
The guide plan of Moqiseh village is prepared by the Housing Foundation and a non-native expert introduced by the organization, But it is implemented in a different way.
In 2014, a group of educated and concerned residents of the village started to change in the village. The conductor design is one of them.
Some important tasks were done in the implementation of the village plan, which were: modifying the proposed plan, creating an environment for the participation of people, benefactors and clergy in the implementation of the plan, providing assistance during the implementation (demolition of buildings and widening of roads.
This caused this plan to provide a relative satisfaction to the people despite its shortcomings in the field of internal development of the village.
In this plan, the theoretical foundations of the plan and its preparation process are based on individual rationalism. The implementation method, which is based on human collective motives, is similar to the communication planning approach based on interpretivism.
It should be noted that in the rationalist planning approach (a product of the positivist philosophical view), steps such as collecting information, categorizing and processing it, analyzing information and presenting suggestions based on the technical results obtained from basic information analysis are performed.
Attitude towards people is mainly understood as a source of information. The main work of planning is done by technical planners.
This is while in the communication planning approach (based on the interpretivist philosophical view), the relationship between planners and people is very important. This participatory approach has the role of facilitating for the people and while transferring the necessary planning skills to the people, it helps them in formulating the desired plans.
Strong social ties in the village, the legitimacy and acceptability of the performers, the sense of altruism, honesty, and human values have formed such a way of performing.
Despite the physicality of the plan, the failure to meet the basic human requirements, and the increase in prices even for the natives, this method of implementation increased the sense of belonging to the place and satisfaction with the new conditions of the village.
Results show the causes of the differences in these two types of processes created because of the differences in the philosophical perspectives of these planning approaches.
Discussion
The influencer humans in the formation of this plan were categorized and the effect of each on the plan was elaborated. The classifications of humans are:
The first activist, the person who is in the position of the theoretical formulation of the plan and the plan preparation order
The second activist, the person who is preparing the plan.
The third activist, the person who is executing the program.
The fourth activist, the person for whom the plan is to be implemented.

Conclusion
In this research, rationalist planning, which was based on the positivist philosophical point of view, due to attention to the quantitative dimensions and appearance of the fourth type of activist (the activist for whom plans and programs are implemented), failed to satisfy people well.
In order to achieve a successful program and the satisfaction of the people, the viewpoint of people in the first and second categories should be changed to the fourth activist.The fourth category should not be only quantitative data in the plan or have an instrumental aspect.
Among the necessary human resources that must be institutionalized in people of the first and second categories are good listening skills, patience, allocating the time required and budget in dealing with people, and respecting the basic human requirements, culture, and values.
This result does not express a stereotyped concept, and it is obtained from the reference to the difference between the two processes (compilation and preparation of the plan based on the rational approach and implementation of the plan based on the communication approach), which was obtained in the preparation of the Moghiseh village plan that was mentioned.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 18 March 2024
  • Receive Date: 16 October 2023
  • Revise Date: 27 February 2024
  • Accept Date: 02 March 2024