Presenting an integrated model for ranking regional development a case study of health and Medical sector of Mazandaran province

Social justice is one of the most basic concepts of sustainable development. There is need for knowledge and examine about primary amenities in explanation of the concept of social justice. It is obvious that the balanced development of geographical spaces requires accurate and comprehensive study of socio-economic and cultural aspects for better identification to meet region’s needs. The health and medical sector as one of the important social infrastructures of the society plays a crucial role in the quality of human wellbeing and health. The present research attempted to study the condition of health and medical sector in Mazandaran province. In this study after identifying the effective criteria on this sector, a questionnaire was designed and completed by the experts to determine the weight of each criterion using pairwise hierarchical fuzzy. The results revealed that criteria of health and medical centers had the highest importance with 0.0969. The number of rural areas with medical service had weight of 0.0687, and medical institutions with the weight of 0.0365 placed next. Fuzzy TOPSIS and ELECTER were employed to rank the townships of the province. An integrated model as Kapland was used regarding to the fact that in some cases there was no complete correspond between the two models. The result showed that Babol, Amol and Sari townships had the first rank respectively while Savadkoh, Fraydoonkenar and Ramsar had the lowest place by their rank.