Eighth International Conference on The Constructed Environment

Abstract

There is no doubt that oil is considered a strategic commodity for producing and exporting. Oil is an important means to achieve economic growth. Oil industries deal with conflicts which center around concerns such as widespread environmental issues, human displacement, and inadequate compensation for loses imposed in the oil producing communities and inadequate community level involvement. These are leading to alienation between states and the indigenous population. This research investigates the impacts of oil field development for rural areas, having Taq Taq Oil Field in Kurdistan Region as a case study. The research project was conducted in the form of survey study. The population of the study included the rural residents in six villages around the field. The necessary data for this research was collected squarely forty-eight samples. Rural resident in the study area were taken using random sampling method. The reliability of questionnaire was calculated by Cronbach alpha coefficient for different sections. After conducting a pilot study, each structure was separately calculated: economic factor infrastructural, social, cultural, and environmental factors. The results of factor analysis showed that the negative and positive impacts of oil industries development occurred in the rural area. In this case study a variance of 64% is explained for entire factors including infrastructural, social, cultural, economic, and environmental issues.