Spatial Analysis and Evaluation of Developmental Position of City Districts in Lorestan Province of Iran

Understanding and analysis of the current developmental situation and assessment of potentials and limitations of regions in various contexts are indispensable since they help planners in setting developmental objectives and devising policies, strategies and solutions to achieve these goals. On the other hand, in the process of planning and development of the regions, determination of level of wellbeing and development of regions and evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of each region in social, cultural and developmental areas provide the prerequisite context for optimum allocation of resources and facilities in order to reach consistent and uniform development. In this paper, based on Morris method and use of 27 indices in educational-cultural, health-therapeutic, and developmental-infrastructure contexts, evaluation and ranking of developmental states are carried out in City Districts of Lorestan Province. The results show a difference among the city districts with regards to development levels. In fact,among 9 city districts, the cities of Azna, Poldokhtar, Selseleh, and Khoramabad are marked as developed and cities of Delfan and Koohdasht are marked as deprived.