Development from the perspective of political geography

پژوهش ‎های جغرافیای سیاسی

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 10 November 2024

Document Type: مقالات علمی -پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/pg.2024.80764.1196

Authors

Bahador Zarei^* ; Mohamad Ali Keyani

University of Tehran

Abstract

Its development and dimensions are one of the topics that political geographers have addressed more or less. The center of gravity of development in political geography from the national dimension is the decentralization of the central government and the transfer of its responsibilities to the local governments located in the provinces and states and the realization of development by local institutions. In recent years, political geographers have also addressed the international dimension of development and underdevelopment of countries as a result. The purpose of the research is to examine and present the opinions and opinions of political geographers regarding the issue of development and its dimensions. Analytical-descriptive research method and the use of reliable foreign and domestic sources and texts on the issue of development from the perspective of political geographers. The findings of the research show that political geographers more or less one of the topics that they have addressed in their research is national, local and international development, which is influenced by the theories of modernization and dependence in social sciences. Since its development and forms change the territorial, social and economic atmosphere of countries and their internal regions, the necessity of studying it from the point of view of political geography seems inevitable. Today, it is necessary for the central government to leave the realization of development, especially sustainable development, to the local governments and to assume the role of a platform builder, a policy maker, a strategy provider, and an observer in the field of development in the political geography of countries.
Key words: political geography, development, modernization and dependency theory, sustainable development

Keywords

political geography; development; modernization and dependency theory; sustainable development

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