The Capability for Sustainable Rural Development in Shatt Al-Arab District and its Future Prospects

Abstract

The study includes revealing the capabilities of developing the rural environment in Shatt Al-Arab district, because it had a significant impact on the development of sustainable rural development process. The natural and human environmental capabilities and their importance in achieving that development were analyzed in order to develop residential communities in villages and transform them from consumer villages to productive ones. The research focuses on the economic capabilities of studying area, such as academic and industrial activities in addition to transportation services, as one of the economic development pillars, as it provides raw materials for industries and financial resources through agricultural export revenues to eradicate poverty for rural population. The study concludes that despite of capabilities in the study area, there are obstacles and problems affected delaying of development operation and failing in countryside advance.