Designing A Comprehensive Model Of Urban Agriculture Development System In Iran

Abstract

This research tries to design a comprehensive urban agricultural development model. This study is applied and the statistical population in this investigation is 127 of the agricultural and green space experts of Karaj city. The data were collected using questionnaires and the smart PLS software was used to analyze the data. According to the results of this study, the KMO number (larger than 0.7) and a significant number of the Bartlett test (0.05 sig<) indicate that the data is suitable for factorial analysis. It was reported that the Cronbach's alpha coefficient (Alpha>0.7) was equal to 0.766 as well as the composite reliability coefficient (CR>0.7) was equal to 0.750 and coefficient R²=0.720. The significant level in this study is between 2.075 and 3.318, so all research hypotheses are accepted. The results show the suitability of all questions in the factorial analysis process.  The results of this study indicate that there is positive relationship between development of urban agriculture as independent variable with educational, cultural, economical, managerial, environmental, technological, infrastructural and social mechanisms.