The Study and Analysis of Development Inequalities in Spatial Structure in Iran’s Provinces

Subject Areas :

اکبر ویسی ¹ , کریم حسین زاده دلیر ² , بختیار عزت پناه ³

1 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد مرند
2 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد مرند
3 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد مرند

Received: 2013-04-25 Accepted : 2013-06-28 Published : 2013-08-23

Keywords: development, Regional Development, Spatial structure, regional inequality, Iran’s Provinces,

Abstract :

Iran as one of the developing countries, despite having variety and natural environmental potentialities in the scope of its territory, has many inequalities among its provinces. In previous years, different developmental actions have been taken to remove the inequalities, but due to factors like selecting inappropriate development designs, etc. the inequality among provinces is still clear and palpable. This fact can cause difficulties in the course of time. The primary concern of this article is to study the development inequalities among provinces in Iran and calculate its intensity during two time spans in 1375 and 1385. The research was carried out by using 25 development inequality indicators through interactive analysis technique. The gathered data were analyzed by the use of interactive analysis technique. Also, GIS 9.3 software has been applied to explain spatial regional inequalities. The acquired results indicated that the existence of development inequities and also an intense split among provinces during the intended studied years, in a way that developed provinces have been located in center of the country and non-developed ones are in its frontiers.