A Research on the Changing Motives of Rural Migration in Iran; (Case-Study: Bandar Anzali Township

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The outbreak of rural migration takes place due to a wide range of socio-economic factors. Once the villagers, provided with better economic and social facilities, didn’t feel any reason to leave the villages, finding it as a suitable place for living. The goal of this study is, using the field study, to explore the probable changes in recent migration flows. To fulfill it, a number of villages of Bandar Anzali have been selected and studied via the questionnaire, and then the information was analyzed using SPSS. Findings show that factors once assuring the villagers’ residence at the village now have been evolved into the important factors for the migration from rural areas for the new generation. This problem together with the old factors will leave a double impression on unsustainability of rural society which could be called as "Intensive migration".

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