Youth Migration, Indeed, what's the Problem? Local Communities and Prospects for Shaping Rural Settlements (Case study: Khoy County, west Azerbaijan province)

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Why migration of rural youth to cities - in spite of the significant progress that has been made in the past two decades in the country- continues? In the study records, many aspects of immigration have been mentioned, two aspects of which are new and can be considered in the current context: forecasting and prescribing service requirements for the village's future based on simple and past stereotypical patterns of development and disregarding  the role of citizens' participation in the process of rural development. In this article, the needs of young people of Khoy city for future of  rural areas according to the new models of servicing  and development ,multiple experiences , different residential settings in three phases of livelihood, residence and lifestyle , classified areas of the city, suburbs, Rural centers and remote villages have been identified . The goal is to provide a methodological solution for the identification of rural youth mentality and  their settlement preferences, and thereby preventing the increasing trend of immigration.The method of this study is qualitative and its purpose is applied. 87 structured interviews with rural youth aged 18-39 were targeted. The results show that the personal future of  Khoy young people is in line with the multidimensional and diverse demands: the diversity of employment, residence and lifestyle, including work in factories and offices with fixed salary,  having second job  and mostly service works, and frequent traffic to the city center, proximity and neighborhoods, large houses and gardens, self-livelihoods, and social engagement and friendship. At the same time, the countless and far more complex demands of young people in distant rural areas were far worse than others.

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Geography and Development
Volume 15, Issue 49
December 2018
Pages 243-272

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