Investigating the Role of Bandar Deylam in Equilibrium of Bushehr Province by using the Methods of Elasticiablity Index and Social Network

Nowadays the development of small towns is considered as an effective strategy for regional imbalances and reduces the problems such as the concentration of population, activities and services in the large cities. In Iran, most of the population, activities and services are concentrated in large cities and have created imbalance in the region or country. Bushehr province, like other parts of the country, faces inequality and imbalances in the optimal distribution of services and facilities which causes extensive migrations to major cities of the province or metropolises of the country and collapses the hierarchical order of the settlement system of the region or country. This research seeks to investigate the role of Bandar Deylam in equilibrium of Bushehr province by using the methods of Elasticiablity Index and Social Network Analysis.
The results indicate that the attracting of population and the rate of elasticity of Bandar Deylam was reduced in the last decade (2006-2016). Also, Bandar Deylam can provide services to the peripheral settlements only in the fields of industry and fishing and it is not dependent on other settlements. But to receive superior services in other functional fields, it refers to Bandar Genaveh as a small intermediate city.
In general, Bandar Deylam plays the little role in balancing and developing the province, Despite its many potentials. In the end, some suggestions was offered for strengthen and improve the role of Bandar Deylam as a small town.