Zoning of Tehran based on population and social indicators of modernity

Introduction Tehran as gate way of modern culture and ground for challenges of modernity and tradition has been affected by these changes and reproduced them. It is important to mention that، the entire geographical region of Tehran did not received same amount of changes and south- north differences has created a spatial in equality in the process of physical expansion of Tehran city. By expansion of the city and emerging of dual inequality there were grate necessity for improvement of urban services، planning for improving of socio- cultural indicators and modernization of society. The main problem of the present article is to recognition and distinguishing of spatial and location difference of socio- cultural changes. With emphases to the mentioned problem، the main objective of this study is to recognition and distinguish modern zone from traditional and transactional one through study of modernity social indicators in different region of Tehran city. Thus the article attempts to provide answer to the following questions: From social modernization point of view، urban regions of Tehran are at which level? How can zoning of Tehran regions on the bases of obtaining of modernity social indicators? To answer these questions the secondary data from 22 regions of Tehran were applied، and for spatial explanation، indicators of Tehran municipality based map were employed. For data processing، TOPSIS techniques was used all calculations were carried out by Excel and SPSS software. The result of the study spatially is shown by the Arc GIS software.