Determining the Development Rate of Counties of the Province of Yazd in Terms of Accessing Treatment and Hygiene Centers Using Maurice Model

In this paper in order to identify and determine the development rate of counties of the province of Yazd the latest statistics and data of 8 criteria in hygiene and treatment section in 1389 were used. In this study the Maurice development technique was used to assess the output of ten studied areas. The paper aims to deeply survey differences of counties to access treatment and hygiene centers and to determine development rate. It was hoped that the results of this study be used practically by authorities in regional and local decisions, policies and planning. The method of this study is descriptive, analytical adopting a case study approach. Some of the given results of this study indicate the moderate distribution of facilities and services in the counties of the province so that, out of ten studied counties, Yazd county in the allocation of resources and services is in the first rank and Taft, Tabas and Mehriz counties are in the third to fourth places respectively. Bafgh, Meybod, Ardakan, Sadoogh, Abarkouh and Khatam are in the fifth to tenth places, respectively.