Ranking the Developing of Rural Districts in Ardabil Province based on Numerical Taxonomy Model

Using criteria and methods of classification in ranking settlement in the spatial system of the regions, on the one hand, resulted in recognition of the amount of inequality in settlement parts and on the other hand, it is considered as a criteria to reduce and eliminate existing inequalities among them. In order to solve the problems caused by the lack of the region balance, the first step is identifying and ranking regions in terms of enjoying technology in the fields of social and economic services. In this study, by employing eight index to study developing in the framework of Analyzing Numerical Taxonomy (NTA) action was taken to ranking the degree of developing rural districts in Ardabil province. Method of this study is descriptive-Analytic. Population in the present study were all of 69 rural districts in Ardabil province. At this ranking, Kalkhoran rural district of the central part of Ardabil county and eastern Qeshlaqdasht rural district of part of Qeshlaqdasht in Bilehsavar county by developing coefficient 0.3 and also 0.96 were identified the most enjoyed and the most deprived rural districts of the province, respectively. On the basis of this research, the center-around model is governed on the spatial structure of the rural districts in Ardabil province.