Solutions provide for space organizing in regional planning and development (Case study: Cities of Gilan province)

The situation of Guilan province indicates duality and regional imbalances. It seems that there is a need to complete and sufficient knowledge of the factors that play a role in balanced spatial development of the cities in the Guilan province. The main purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the effective factors on the balanced spatial development of cities in this province. This research has used the questionnaire and Delphi method to collect data. In first step, 60 effective factors on the balanced spatial development of cities in Guilan province were identified in three dimensions of population, activity, and space. Then, the significance of these factors was evaluated using the One-Sample T-Test, and 28 high important factors were identified. Next, using Exploratory Factor Analysis(EFA) identified the main factors. Research results demonstrated that three main factors play a key role in the balanced development of Guilanian cities; and in the field of transportation, 41.74% ofthe variances could explain all research variables. Geographical location and tourism and services also explained 26.18 and 18.51% of the variance of all research variables, respectively. Totally, these threefactors explained 86.04% of the total variances. Results also showed that Gilan province has different types of transportation patterns, and its proximity to the Caspian Sea and its littoral countries has made it possible development of port commercial activities and tourism for province. Therefore, the favorable future of the province will be achieved relying on three factors of transportation, environmental and geographical potentials, and strengthening tourism infrastructure.