An analysis of access to educational and health services with a spatial justice approach (case study: Yasouj city)

Since unequal access to urban services can result in an unbalanced development of the city and the racial segregation of its neighborhoods, the rapid growth of urbanization, particularly in recent decades, has elevated the significance of the optimal distribution of urban services and the equitable access of citizens to such services. This study aims to conduct a spatial analysis of the distribution of educational and healthcare services as well as the levels of satisfaction with these services in the four regions of Yasouj city and its suburbs to achieve spatial justice in the homogeneous access of citizens to urban services. The required data for the current study were collected from the library and the field methods and is a descriptive-analytical and applied research. After introducing the ideas using the library approach, the geographical distribution of educational and medical services was examined at the level of the four districts of Yasouj city using the network analysis technique in GIS software. The findings indicate an uneven geographical distribution of healthcare and educational services at the level of Yasouj city. According to the findings, communities in District 1 of Region 1 and District 1 and 2 of Region 2 have the maximum access to educational and healthcare services, while neighborhoods in District 3 of region 1 and District 2 of region 3 have the minimum degree of access.