The Landuse Planning of Urban Areas and Optimal Locating with Emphasis on Health Centers: A Case Study of Zone 3 in Zahedan City

Zone 3 of Zahedan City includes the most deprived areas in province and country. The purpose of this research was assessing the distribution of the health care center (hospitals) and determining the underserved areas based on hospital locating concidering standards and criteria. In order to achieve accurate results based on GIS software, spatial and descriptive data using statistics and field observation gathered and connected to database. Besides, AHP Model used to set priorities in locating the optimal urban spaces for building hospitals in the city. Suitable zone with special symbol severance divide from another zones was determine to develop landuse based on dependency to health care centers aimed at providing services in local level. Similarly, two Places recommended constructing health care centers in complete suitable zone. Unsuitable and compeletly Unsouitable zones was determined in zone three of zahedan city in finaly map. study analysis based on urben percapita, population and needed availibilty to health care centers suggests that Zahedan city need two new hospitals setting which has been indexed on final map.