Investigating the side-effects and consequences of the formation of second homes in Alamut rural areas, Central Alborz of Iran
Rural out-migration is one of the most critical issues in all countries. This flow increases the rural decline, and in many cases, causes rural abandonment. But against our imaginations, there is also a reverse flow from cities to villages. In the Alamut region in central Alborz of Iran, some villag...
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| author | Reza Kheyroddin Sepideh Momeni Mojtaba Palouj Abdolhadi Daneshpour |
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| description | Rural out-migration is one of the most critical issues in all countries. This flow increases the rural decline, and in many cases, causes rural abandonment. But against our imaginations, there is also a reverse flow from cities to villages. In the Alamut region in central Alborz of Iran, some villages attract populations by the reverse migration flow. This temporary flow forms a new type of housing in the rural areas called “second home”. The analysis of second home appearance is the main issue in this article. We used surveys method from locals and field observation in eight villages of the eastern Alamut area. The QSPM (Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix) matrix is used for analyzing observation and side-effects of second homes in the short-term and long-term. The result showed that second homes in these rural areas have different side-effects. Low skill employment creation, temporary increase of local consumers, rural re-novation cost, and second home owner’s participation in agriculture activities are the positive effects. But there are also some negative impacts like; seasonal and low-income jobs, destructive impacts on the environment, erosion of natural resources, and increasing demographic instability. This phenomenon has positive impacts in the short-term and negative consequences in the long-term. The approaches for decreasing the expansion of second holiday home and using the positive implications of this phenomenon for developing the rural areas would be explained in this paper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1c012188478f439e9a2042bba98b263b2024-04-02T00:26:27ZengUniversità di Napoli Federico IITeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment1970-98891970-98702021-12-0114338139410.6093/1970-9870/79327932Investigating the side-effects and consequences of the formation of second homes in Alamut rural areas, Central Alborz of IranReza Kheyroddin0Sepideh Momeni1Mojtaba Palouj2Abdolhadi Daneshpour3Iran University of Science and TechnologyMS student of School of Agriculture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, IranAssistant professor, Agricultural Planning, Economic and Rural Development Research Institute, Tehran, IranAssistant professor, School of Agriculture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, IranRural out-migration is one of the most critical issues in all countries. This flow increases the rural decline, and in many cases, causes rural abandonment. But against our imaginations, there is also a reverse flow from cities to villages. In the Alamut region in central Alborz of Iran, some villages attract populations by the reverse migration flow. This temporary flow forms a new type of housing in the rural areas called “second home”. The analysis of second home appearance is the main issue in this article. We used surveys method from locals and field observation in eight villages of the eastern Alamut area. The QSPM (Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix) matrix is used for analyzing observation and side-effects of second homes in the short-term and long-term. The result showed that second homes in these rural areas have different side-effects. Low skill employment creation, temporary increase of local consumers, rural re-novation cost, and second home owner’s participation in agriculture activities are the positive effects. But there are also some negative impacts like; seasonal and low-income jobs, destructive impacts on the environment, erosion of natural resources, and increasing demographic instability. This phenomenon has positive impacts in the short-term and negative consequences in the long-term. The approaches for decreasing the expansion of second holiday home and using the positive implications of this phenomenon for developing the rural areas would be explained in this paper.http://www.tema.unina.it/index.php/tema/article/view/7932rural second homealamut rural areareverse migration flow |
| spellingShingle | Reza Kheyroddin Sepideh Momeni Mojtaba Palouj Abdolhadi Daneshpour Investigating the side-effects and consequences of the formation of second homes in Alamut rural areas, Central Alborz of Iran TeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment rural second home alamut rural area reverse migration flow |
| title | Investigating the side-effects and consequences of the formation of second homes in Alamut rural areas, Central Alborz of Iran |
| title_full | Investigating the side-effects and consequences of the formation of second homes in Alamut rural areas, Central Alborz of Iran |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the side-effects and consequences of the formation of second homes in Alamut rural areas, Central Alborz of Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the side-effects and consequences of the formation of second homes in Alamut rural areas, Central Alborz of Iran |
| title_short | Investigating the side-effects and consequences of the formation of second homes in Alamut rural areas, Central Alborz of Iran |
| title_sort | investigating the side effects and consequences of the formation of second homes in alamut rural areas central alborz of iran |
| topic | rural second home alamut rural area reverse migration flow |
| url | http://www.tema.unina.it/index.php/tema/article/view/7932 |
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