التخطيط الاستراتيجي للتنمية الاقليمية في محافظة المثنى
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2021-10-23
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The modern trend in geographical studies focuses on the application
aspect that is dictated by the planning developmental necessities on
geography as it is more capable and comprehensible to understand the
reality of the phenomenon through identifying it and detecting the obstacles
it encounters. This study, therefore, came to draw a planning policy based
on the reality of the components the governorate enjoys in order to make a
good investment of these components according to a strategic and scientific
planning philosophy to create spatial development in the study area in
which the economic, service and social development indicators witnessed a
clear decline, aiming to present an integrated development study that
includes the components of the quantity and quality of resources that the
governorate possesses, and determining the means of investing them
through creating a comprehensive spatial development and addressing the
obstacles encountered by following strategic plans in order to advance the
developmental reality of the governorate. In this regard, the study relied on
the regional and objective approach, as well as the analytical approach and
the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to build a spatial
information base for the natural, human, economic and service phenomena
in the governorate. The scientific necessity imposed by the methodology of
the study necessitated its division into six chapters preceded by an
introduction. The first chapter dealt with theoretical and conceptual rooting
for spatial development. The second chapter was devoted to studying the
geographical components for the spatial development in the governorate of
Muthanna and the third chapter was concerned with studying economic
activity and the changes of its trends in the governorate of Muthanna. The
fourth chapter examined the service situation in the governorate of
Muthanna. The fifth chapter focused on studying the obstacles to spatial
development in the governorate of Muthanna, while the sixth chapter was
devoted to presenting spatial development strategies in the governorate of
Muthanna. The study reached several results, the most important of which
is the governorate of Muthanna possesses geographical potentials (natural
and human) ready for investment and development in various economic
fields, but it lacks efficient planning and management as the study showed
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that agricultural development, which is the most prominent economic
activity in the study area, faces a set of natural and human impediments that
hinder efforts to expand its investment. The study clarified the low level of
industrial activity despite the industrial development potential of the
governorate available in economic quantities, and it also showed that the
government negligence and absence of planning prevented the investment
of the components of tourism development that the governorate enjoys. The
study also revealed the decline of human development indicators
represented by infrastructure and social services. The results were followed
by a set of proposals and the study concluded with a list of sources and
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