Investigation and analysis of security development indicators in border areas (Case study: western border areas of Iran)

The most stable security in a country is equality in development and balance in having resources and development facilities in the regions of that country. In general, development in various social and economic dimensions is the basis and bedrock of creating security and is also affected by it. This is doubly important at the country's borders. Due to their geographical and political location, these areas have always been a breeding ground for insecurity and conflicts. The western borders of the country are no exception to this rule and always suffer from insecurity. In this regard, in this article, we have studied the indicators of development in the western border cities of the country. The type of applied research and its method is descriptive-analytical. Vikor multi-criteria decision making method and ARC GIS software environment have been used to analyze the data and information. The research findings show that most of the western cities of the country are not in a better situation according to the studied indicators. Also, these cities did not have a better situation compared to other cities in the provinces. Comparative comparison of deprived cities in 2002 with the current situation of cities also showed that after several years, these cities still suffer from deprivation and lack of development facilities. The body provides the bed of insecurity in these sensitive areas of the country. In addition, this will cause an imbalance of development among the regions of the country. Therefore, in order to prevent imbalances in the regions