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Migration And Informal Settlements As Spatial Expression Of Social Inequality In Iran

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In this paper, on base that immigration motivations a result of social inequality cause the formation of informal settlements, by selecting a sample of informal settlements in the cities of Iran (Vali-e-Asr quarter in Qom) on this topic exploring been tried. Current research has exploratory and analytical nature. The data collection has been two types of library and field (questionnaire). In the field study that 150 households were selected with simple random sampling method, and the data collected from them was imported in the SPSS software, and meanwhile the classification and sorting, action has been to mining and exploration information. Results of this research indicate that informal settlements in Vali-e-Asr quarter in the city of Qom like many other informal settlements in Iran, the phenomenon of migration is twin so that 100 percent of the residents of this neighborhood's population are immigrants. Also all mechanisms of migration residents of the quarter, from its primary habitat and origin until the selection of Qom as an immigration destination, and living in Vali-e-Asr quarter represents the heavy shadow of social inequality among the people of Iran. In fact, spatial disparities (the unequal distribution of facilities and services at the national, regional and local) during the past decade, the main cause of migration and the formation of informal settlements in Iran, a fact that represents a major challenge to sustainable urban development in the country

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  • Mohammad MIREHEI, 2017. "Migration And Informal Settlements As Spatial Expression Of Social Inequality In Iran," Management Research and Practice, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 9(1), pages 28-43, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:mrpase:v:9:y:2017:i:1:p:28-43
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