Ranking of villages in Dinevar rural district of Sahneh county in Kermanshah Province

Imbalances and inequalities in the provision and distribution of services and lack of attention to the environmental capacity are the major problems of rural areas. To realize the extent and causes of these inequalities, an exact and thorough investigation of the status of service delivery in these areas is necessary for planning rural development based on the current situation and identification of potentials and capacities in these areas. This research is practical in purpose and descriptive-analytic in nature. It is conducted by using survey methods and questionnaire. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS software, EXCEL. In this study, the researcher worked out with the various aspects of development indicators (infrastructure, economic, educational, cultural, health, etc.) to investigate the method of spatial distribution of facilities and services, as well as factors affecting the distribution of services in rural areas of Dinevar and to rank them using TOPSIS FUZZY method. The results of this study show that two factors, drylands and the distance to the center of the village did not have related with status of service delivery in the rural areas. Also, according to the results of the study, the villages of this rural district were ranked in 22 levels and Mianrahan, as their only option, ranks first for the development among the villages and in contrast PirGhasem is the most deprived area in this village.