The study of development degree among the cities of Sistan and Baluchistan province

Abstract

The first step in regional development planning is to identify the current status of the area in which the identification is required for the analysis of various sections including economic, social and cultural ones. In order to allocate funds and resources among different regions, identifying their position in the relevant section and rank them in terms of development potentials is necessary. There are different methods to rank economic, social and cultural sections that necessarily do not lead to the same answers. Among these methods, taxonomy analysis by combining the different indices of development, determines the development degree of the regions. The present study is ranking 10 cities of Sistan and Balochestan province according to several indicators such as education, health, agriculture, industry and mining, culture, population, and housing in separate and combined form in terms of development during the years 1996-2006 using 70 common indices. In 1996, Zahedan was the most developed city and Nikshahr was the least developed city while in 2006, Zahedan again was the most developed city in province and Sarbaz was the least developed city due to its newly established.