An Analysis of Social Justice in the Geographic Space of Iran

The spatial distribution of the facilities and services of a country based on the indicators of social justice is closely linked to sustainable development, Because the fair distribution of services and facilities can lead to the balanced development of a country's regions and, conversely, its lack of fair distribution, will create social crises and complex spatial problems. Therefore, the planning process of the country should pay close attention to the spatial and equitable distribution of facilities and services. In this research, in order to measure the level of justice in the spatial distribution of services and facilities, between provinces of the country, each province has been investigated according to population and per capita. The research method is descriptive-analytical and for spatial analysis of applications, GIS software and Expert Choice software and the combination of AHP and TOPSIS have been used. The results of this study show that besides the severe spatial imbalance in the distribution of facilities and services between the provinces which indicates the unfair distribution of development indicators, in most facilities and services, central provinces of the country include the provinces of Tehran, Isfahan, Semnan, Yazd and Alborz are the most enjoyable provinces in the country. In contrast to the provinces of the country, including the provinces of Sistan and Baluchestan, South Khorasan, Ilam, Kouhkiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad and Kurdistan are the most deprived provinces of the country, respectively.