Challenges and obstacles to using the capacity of rural-urban linkages for the economic reconstruction of rural areas

1. Introduction
Since 1976, this discourse has been advanced that utilising all the capacity of rural-urban linkages is in line with the goals of sustainable development; also, it provides the basis for improving the construction and economic reconstruction of the rural area (Forster et al., 2015). Based on this discourse, the success of development programmes depends on the proper use of the capacities and potentials of rural centres in the direction of the progress and reconstruction of the rural economy and within the framework of regional policies (Sharifi et al., 2021). At the level of space, there are various flows, such as the flow of people, goods, money, information, and waste, which have internal linkages with the level of the household and the local economy and overlap with each other. These flows are the concepts that have been analyzed in the theory of rural-urban linkages about spatial flows. In the framework of the process of economic reconstruction in the rural area, in the form of diversification of rural economic activities, such as diversification within the activities of the agricultural sector (agricultural, horticultural, livestock, aquaculture, etc.), and non-agricultural (transformation and complementary industries), and with flexibility and The expansion of handicrafts and workshops has led to the creation of new economic organisations and investments in rural areas, and new sectors have added to the current businesses.
2. Materials and methods
The present research was conducted using a qualitative method between October 1402 and May 1402. The statistical population investigated in this study includes all stakeholders and experts related to the management and planning affairs of Qom province and university professors who have researched the field of rural-urban linkages in Iran. Consultations with experts were identified.
3. Findings
Most of the participants in this research stated that in Iran, due to the diversity of geographical and climatic conditions as well as differences in environmental capabilities, the economic activities of the villages are not the same, and often the economic and social characteristics of the villages of each province are different from those of another province. Previously, the structure of the rural economy of Iran, like many developing countries, was based on agriculture and animal husbandry, and industrial, mining, and service activities have expanded in the rural area only during the last few decades. According to the findings of the research and according to the statements of the interviewees, the challenges and obstacles of economic reconstruction affected by the capacity of urban and rural linkages in three agricultural sectors (improving the condition of transformation and complementary industries, exploitation systems to develop the production of agricultural products for domestic and foreign markets, diversification in the production of agricultural products), the industry sector (investment in small manufacturing industries and handicrafts, the development of new industrial production skills), and the service sector (marketing services for the production and commercial exchanges, creating local economic advantages "forward and backward linkages " between producers and These findings are in line with the studies of Trant and Brinkman (1992, Cabinet Office (2000, Countryside Agency (2003), and SEDD (2005(.
4. Discussion
The current research was conducted using a qualitative method to identify the challenges and obstacles of using the capacity of rural-urban linkages for the economic reconstruction of rural space from the perspective of stakeholders and experts. The summary of the participants in the present study shows that according to the current state of urban-rural linkages in developing countries such as Iran, this statement will have different scenarios in the future, but in general, if the current situation in the rural areas of the developing countries continues, They will not have a suitable development situation in such a way that nothing will happen in the reconstruction of the village economy and the sustainable livelihood of the villagers, and there is a possibility of further evacuation of rural areas from human capital, and even the number of rural areas without inhabitants will increase.
5. Conclusion
The available resources of the village, which mostly relies on cultivated land, will face more erosion in the direction of overexploitation and raw sales towards urban areas and lack of updating of the cultivation flow, and in many rural areas of Iran, climate change is also A very threatening element will act. If there is a change in communication policies between the city and the countryside (such as the theory of the growth pole and hierarchy) and better strategies that have been experienced in developed countries and have positive results, such as regional development strategies (RDS), we can hope for the reconstruction of the rural economy in developing countries.
Acknowledgments
This article is extracted from Ms. Sogand Khaksar's doctoral thesis entitled the "capacity of rural-urban linkages and the economic reconstruction of rural space in Qom province". This doctoral thesis has been financially supported by the Presidential Research Fund in the form of a research project with the same title.