Settlement Size and its Effect on Sustainable Rural Development: A Case Study of Erbil, Kurdistan Region/Iraq

Type Journal Article - Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development
Title Settlement Size and its Effect on Sustainable Rural Development: A Case Study of Erbil, Kurdistan Region/Iraq
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Volume 4
Issue 20
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2013
Page numbers 139-147
URL http://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/viewFile/9819/10024
Abstract
Regional distribution of rural population in a specific area or region has a direct influence on its progress and prosperity. The spread of people by size group and dispersion over a country’s land mass also has an impact on its socioeconomic progress, prosperity and the availability and quality of infrastructural facilities. Village size varies considerably in the Kurdistan region, with some villages having less than 50 residents and some having more than 1000 residents. The study first observes the size category of villages in Erbil state using census data. It then establishes linkages between the size of villages and their accessibility to basic amenities. Small villages have grown in number and there is a decline in the number of large villages in the state. Residents of large villages are socioeconomically better developed compared to residents of smaller villages, and they have better access to basic services.

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