Abstract

In some countries like Iran, rural and urban development planning’s are done disintegrated and is based on views which have many challenges in rural residents’ development in such countries. In this case the present study is done based on descriptive – analytic approach on 54 sample villages of total 124 villages in the studied area. Plus those 31 questionnaires were completed directly by experts and managers of institutions and organs relating to rural development planning. Also in order to offer a meaningful framework of planning approach on empowerment and capacity building and villagers taking part in planning and developing rural residents process, a collection of descriptive – analytic approaches, correlation test and multivative regression and analyzing the direction in a logical totality based on scientific approach is being done in the present study. The finding of the study showed that disintegrated and expert planning in empowering and capacity buildings way and the kind of villagers taking part in rural development have not been effective and little influence in promoting indexes of rural residents’ development in natural environment, social cultural, financial, physical based on dimensions. So in expanding the best development planning pattern making changes in approach from rationalism to communicative and paying attention to empowering and capacity building of rural residents, participation, promoting social capital, integration activities and compatibility between them and power elements relationships in sustainable development is suggested.