Assessment of Development Level of Sistan and Baluchistan Province Compared to other Iran’s Provinces

Subject Areas : Urban Design

Maryam Biranvandzadeh ¹ (Ph.D. Student of Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.)
Mehdi Heshmati jadid ² (Ph.D. Student of Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.)
Kobra Sorkhkamal ³ (M.A. Geography and Urban Planning- lecturer, Bojnord Payam Noor University, Bojnoord, Iran.)

Received: 2014-04-26 Accepted : 2014-11-24 Published : 2015-01-01

Keywords: development, Taxonomy and Morris, Sistan and Baluchistan provinc, Iran,

Abstract :

Development and progress are ideals that always different countries have pursued. Everybody welcomes a developed country with people free from development obstacles. Indeed, realization of such a goal requires developmental planning in national and local scales taking into account the population growth rate, economical, social, cultural, and political problems, and generally, imbalances and dualities from which the whole country suffers. Hence, it seems inevitably and vitally necessary to pay attention to regional planning in Iran, and, more rapid growth and development of the country can be achieved with the aid of such planning and through growth and flourishing of different regions commensurate with their capacities and capabilities. The current paper is attempted to comparatively assess the performance and efficiency of Iranian provinces in terms of development level using Taxonomy and Morris models. It also aims at analyzing statuses of Iranian in terms of inequality extent in enjoying development benefits using standard score method. The research results are suggestive of the fact that Sistan and Baluchistan Province assumes the lowest rank (30th among the 30 provinces) in all three methods under study. Due to presence of some obstacles and lack of proper grounds, it is an inevitable necessity to rethink and make fundamental planning in this respect.

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