The Effects of Development of Quasi-Global Cities in Iran's Northern Coasts and its role in the development of the northern region of country's Northern using the hybrid model (SWOT_AHP)

Nowadays regional development is effected by cities’ globalization process and this phenomenon effects on societies’ various dimensions and structures in various scales and makes them face practical and substantial changes. nodoubt, developing and creating cities moving toward globalization and improve urban, regional, national and universal functions along the way and could present its effects in country’s development structure. The khazar area has enormous geopolitics, economic, communicative and … potentials and meanwhile Iran’s relation with the word by free seas could play a doubtless role in political environment organizing, logistics of the land and symmetrical regional and national development and increases the development of Iran’s northern region. Present research tries to present a complete pattern of determining the effect created by semi-global cities in country’s northern coasts considering theory basis in cities’ globalization area and regional development which leads to an increase in Iran’s northern area development. Present research is based on a descriptive – analytic nature and practical-developmental goals. What’s more in order to present guidelines to create and develop semi-global cities in Khazar area (Iran’s northern coasts) we used Experts opinions and SWOT-AHP techniques. Findings indicated that regional development guidelines by creating semi-global cities and also guiding condition of northern coasts cities based on experts’ opinion and considering internal and external factors matrix, is of offensive type. Finally based on research findings, general guidelines of offensive type (SO) were presented to create and develop semi-global cities to develop northern area and increase Iran’s national power