Investigating and Explaining the Effects of Corona on the Economy of Rural Areas, Case Study: Upper Eshkevar Village

Document Type : Original Research

Authors
H. Rabiee 1
M. Takrosta 2
1 Assistant Professor of Political Geography, Kharazmi University ,Alborz .Iran.
2 Master of Geography and Rural Planning, Kharazmi University ,Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Rural economy is considered as an economic foundation due to providing food security and essential goods for a country. Therefore, any threat to this type of economy can have many negative consequences on other dimensions of economy. The spread of the Corona Virus has had various effects on the world economy, especially on the rural economy. This research tries to study and analyze the economic effects of the Corona Virus outbreak on the village of Upper Eshkevar. The present research is applied in terms of its goal and is descriptive-analytic in terms of method. The nature of data is quantitative and qualitative and the method of data collection is based on library and field findings. Data analysis is based on future study techniques including interaction analysis. The research findings show that, four main factors including unsustainable employment, unsustainable income, increasing rural poverty and decreasing in investment are in association with COVID-19 effects. Based on t-test and Pearson, it can be said that the economic effects of Corona Virus have averaged 4.44, which shows a significant difference (p> 0.05). It can be said that Corona Virus has had significant effects on the economy of Eshkor Alia village.

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Political Organizing of Space
Volume 3, Issue 3 - Serial Number 11
December 2021
Pages 148-162