Priority of Health Needs of Informal Settlements in Mashhad City Based on Multiple Criteria Spatial Decision of Supporting System

Mashhad city, with 8main zones and 42 Informal settlements neighborhoods, according to 2006 census has population of 804000 in 6354 hectares. That order consists of 33% and 22% of the population and area this city. Health indicators in these areas have highly undesirable condition. For example, per capita indicator for hospital bed is 8040, for pharmacy is16090, for emergency service is 134079, and for the clinic is 73174. Due to a high extent and frequency neighborhoods, the program executive scheduling is essential to develop health services in these neighborhoods. Prioritize the Neighborhoods based on their need to health care is an important step in realizing this goal. In this study using space-based systems to support multi-criteria (MC-SDSS) and indices of population and distance to health care, this has been done. Advantage of this method is combining GIS and statistical techniques with together. The findings show that Golshahr, Shahrak Shahid Rajai and Baze Shikh neighborhoods have first priority to the health services are in Mashhad. So it is necessary to improve the health condition of these villages and to get short term point of views (providing comprehensive plan to develop health services in villages) and to get medium period (providing spaces like hospital and health centre).