Analysis of the Town's Performance in Delivering Services and the Regional Development of the Surrounding Villages by Using AHP Model and Geographic Information System (Case study: the Small Town of Bonjar- Zabool Township)

Nowadays, the development of small towns as a social, economic, and environmental process has caused to improve and increase the number of services delivered to the rural and decrease their dependence on the higher-level cities. In addition, these rural areas are considered as appropriate places for the spatial rural development. In the past two decades, particular attention to the positive role of small towns in rural areas for development of settlement pattern in developing countries has been considered. The purpose of this present is to study the effect of social and economic of Bonjar on its surrounding villages on the base of 11 prescribed aspects such as economic development and improvement of social services, etc. Data collection for this descriptive-analytical research is library-documentary and taken via filled out questionnaire and observation in the villages with more than 50 households (totally 365 samples) and the confidence level by using Cochran formula was %95. The data analysis and processing were performed through statistical methods such as SPSS, Excel and AHP model and geographic information system to determine the relative importance of factors affecting the rate of enjoyment of facilities and services in the rural area of Bonjar. By analysis of one sample T-test questionnaire, the impact of social and economic functioning of this small town on its surrounding villages shows confirmed mean social index (2.72) and rejected mean economic index (3.52).