Analyzing and evaluating the development of cities in North Khorasan province using Topsis model

Every society tries to develop, since development is an end that most people find it necessary. Providing a background to make use of different economical welfare and fundamental services, some social, cultural and health facilities are among the most basis planning in each planning department especially among town. The current research aims at determining the development level of economical, education, medical and fundamental indicator of cities in North Khorasan province. This research is the applied type and method of research is descriptive analytical and data gathering method was done using two Library and field study. In order to rank the cities in North Khorasan province. Based on development according to economical, educational, cultural, health – medical and fundamental criteria ,TOPSIS ranking model and Excel and SPSS software were used and geographical information system (GIS)was applied to design and draw the maps. The results of the study showed that according to the economic indicator, the most developed city was Esfarayen and the least developed cities were Mane & Samalghan among the cities in North Khorasan province. According to cultural – educational indicator the most developed city was Grame and the least developed one was Bojnourd. according to the health- medical indicator, the most developed city was Bojnourd and the least ones were Mane & Samalghan and finally according to fundamental indicator, Shirvan was the most developed and Mane &Samalghan were the least developed town among the towns in North Khorasan province.