A Comparative Study of Level of Development in Urban Area of Esfahan Metropolitan Using Multi-Index Evaluation System

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Nasrollah Molaei Hashjin ¹ ( Professor, Dep. of Geography, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran )
sohila Rezaiee ² ( M.A. in Urban Plnning, Dep.of Urbanization, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran )

Received: 2017-02-19 Accepted : 2019-12-18 Published : 2019-11-22

Keywords: "Urban regions", "level of development", "Technique", "Esfahan city",

Abstract :

Urban planning for the purpose of development and alleviating injustice is of prime importance in developing countries. Urban planning requires recognition of areas and regions in terms of development. Alleviating injustice in attaining resources and facilities is one of the criteria of development. The concept of development involves balanced distribution in addition to comprehensive growth. The balanced distribution of facilities is a step toward removing regional differences and appropriate dispersion at city level. The Balanced development of places necessitates a precise and comprehensive investigation of economic, social, and cultural issues, and the recognition of the needs of the society and their development. For this reason, one of the common criteria of urban planning is leveling regions based on the enjoyment of different indexes of development. In the current study, using three techniques of Taxonomy Technic, Morris Technic, and Topsis Technic and 63 criteria of development in environmental-ecological, socio-cultural, economic, physical fields and the development level of urban areas in Esfahan has been analyzed. The method is descriptive-analytic and is developmental and applied. The findings reveal that district 3 ranked the first based on two models of Taxonomy Technic and Topsis Technic and ranked the second based on Morris Technic. The district 11 was recognized as the most deprived one based on the three models.

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