Measuring human development and housing quality and explaining their relationship using spatial statistics methods (Study range: provinces of the country)

Human development was introduced in the 1990s after the failure of one-dimensional measurements based on per capita income. Human development is a multi-dimensional indicator, defined by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) as a process of expanding human choices and increasing the standard of living prosperity. It measures human development in three dimensions: education, health and living standards. Relying on this approach, the provinces of the country were measured and ranked. The research method is descriptive-analytic and based on the purpose of the applied type. Housing indices are another variable that has been evaluated in this study in the provinces of the country. The maps of Mauritius, Topsis, Vicore, Copland and Distribution coefficient of the developmental status of the provinces were analyzed using spatial statistics methods. Spatial correlation of the indicators was shown on the map. The results indicate the concentration of development (human, housing) in the central regions of the country and the low areas corresponding to the peripheral and border regions of the country. In the index Tehran, Alborz and Yazd provinces are superior and the provinces of Sistan and Baluchestan, Kurdistan and North Khorasan have the lowest points in this index. In the housing indices, Tehran, Alborz and Qom are also the best and the provinces of Sistan and Baluchestan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and South Khorasan have the lowest levels. Also, Pearson correlation test showed a 70% correlation between human development index and housing index.