Evaluating the level of development of the cities of Ilam province

The rapid growth of urbanization in Third World countries is causing regional balances to collapse; in the meantime, the adoption of some economic policies attracts facilities into several limited areas and the backwardness of other One of the issues facing planners in different regions of the country is the risk of developing major cities in the face of the underdevelopment of small towns and rural areas. This article aims to study and compare the cities of Ilam province in terms of developmental indicators and their developmental extent by using TOPSIS and AHP method with emphasis on system attitude. The findings of this study indicate that there is a significant imbalance between Ilam and other counties of the province, and the city of Ilam is the only city with other provinces in the province. Thus, it can be said that the total number of Counties in the province of Ilam is only 14.3% and 85.7% of them are deprived.