RURAL MIGRATION OUTCOMES ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS (CASE STUDY: GOLDASHT QUARTER IN AHVAZ)

Informal settlements over the past few decades together with the rapid growth of cities in most developing countries have gained an unprecedented expansion. Urban migration of rural people has brought about such problems as disproportionate accommodation in the suburb areas confronting the sustainable development of rural settlements with difficulties. The main objectives of this study included: investigating the outcomes of rural migration as the cause of development and expansion of marginalization taking into consideration the social, economic, and environmental dimensions as well as for the elimination of existing disparities and sustainable development planning for the Goldasht quarter. A sample size of 361 households was estimated based on the Cochran's formula and adjusted according to the Likert spectrum. SPSS software was used to analyze the data obtained. After examining the validity of the questionnaire in this study, the KMO value was obtained as 0.766 suggesting the adequacy of sampling. The results of study hypotheses following factor analysis suggest that rural migration has no effects on the improvement of economic indicators in the suburb and that rural migrations have had negative effects on environmental issues in the outskirts. Furthermore, rural migrations have a lack of services and amenities in the outskirts.