Analysis of the role of optimal political space management on security in border areas of Khorasan Razavi province

پژوهش ‎های جغرافیای سیاسی

Article 2, Volume 8, Issue 4 - Serial Number 32, March 2024, Pages 19-43   

Document Type: مقالات علمی -پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/pg.2023.74293.1124

Authors

Fahimeh Moravejirad¹; Hadi Azami^{* 2}; Seyed Hadi Zarghani²

¹Master's student, political geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

²Associate Professor of Political Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Political management of space is a process that is done consciously and gives a special order to the political structure of a country. Political management of space in order to organize the territorial territory and effectively use material and spiritual forces to achieve predetermined goals. The research method is descriptive-analytical. The method of data collection has been done in two types: documentary and field. Smart PLS software was used to analyze the data in this study. The results in the "environmental" dimension showed that the highest average level to the index of "water resources control" with the amount of "3.58", in the "managerial" dimension to the index of "active state of border markets" with the amount of "3.91", in the dimension "Economic" to the index "Development of tourist attractions" with the rate of "3.54", in the dimension of "smuggling control" to the index of "control of fuel smuggling in border areas" with the rate of "3.01", in the dimension of "public participation" to the index of "absorption" Public participation in the identification of "border smugglers" with a rate of "3.54"; In the "social" dimension to the index "control of poverty among residents of border areas" with a value of "3.83", in the dimension of "political and military factors" to the index of "control of illegal movement" with a value of "3.54", in the dimension of "infrastructure" The results of the index "Establishment of power transmission line infrastructure to residents in border areas" with a value of "3.52" and the dimension of "security" showed that the highest average level belonged to the index of "rate of control of military conflicts" with a value of "3.98". Has found.

Keywords

Political management; space; sustainable security; border areas; Khorasan Razavi province

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