Geopolitics Quarterly

Geopolitics Quarterly

Study on the Relationship between Accessibility to Political Position and Development of Birthplace Case study: Presidency in Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 - Assistant Professor of Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2 -Full Professor of Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
3 – M.A in Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
This research, with an assessment and comparison of diverse economic, social and geographical indices of two Iranian provinces of Yazd and Kerman (which are the birthplace of the two presidents of Iran in recent years) tries to seek a response to the question as whether or not the accessibility to the political opportunity like presidency caused the use of national feasibilities towards the development of hometowns /birthplaces of the presidents?
For that reason, data and statistics of different economic indices of the above two provinces were gathered and processed with the help of the Statistical Center of Iran. Results show that the provinces of Yazd and Kerman enjoyed extraordinary development compared to the mean development of the country as a whole.

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Volume 5, Issue 16
Autumn 2010
Pages 27-44

  • Receive Date 18 November 2009
  • Revise Date 08 December 2009
  • Accept Date 04 February 2010