Analysis and Ranking of Provinces of Iranian Terms of Strategic Territorial Potentials
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Heydar Lotfi
1
(
Faculty member at Islamic Azad University,Garmsar Branch, Iran
)
Mostafa Rashidi
2
(
PhD in Political Geography, Department of Geography, University of Tehran, Iran
)
Keywords: Iran, Territorial Potentials, geopolitical weight, Provinces,
Abstract :
Different countries have a different position in terms of economic, political, cultural, security and so on. These factors would determine the global ranking of countries in the geopolitical structure of the world. This position is global geopolitical situation in terms of sum and product of the factors that contribute to determining the geopolitical position which is called geopolitical weight. Factors determine the potential for a significant part of a country determine its geopolitical weight. Territorial potentials, which have important role in determining the weight and geopolitical position of the country as well as the development and independence of their country's strategic capabilities. In this paper, we have tried to study the role of the different provinces of a country's strategic potential of their analysis and their provincial ranking. In this context, the fundamental question is: What are the provinces in terms of territorial strategic capabilities that have the greatest impact on the country's geopolitical weight? This cross-sectional study was conducted in a manner and the form of mixed-method (quantitative-qualitative). Data of the paper have been collected from the literature and documents of the governors and institutions and reputable sites and ministries