An Analysis of the Degree of Development of the Rural Districts in the County of Sanandaj, Using Quantitative Methods

Using the descriptive-analytic method and the evaluation of quantitative data, and by using indexes of infrastructure, education, culture, business, agriculture, and sanitary, which for each of these indexes some criteria are defined, this study attempted to determine and analyze the development of 10 rural districts of the county of Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. To achieve this aim, models of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), the standard score, Human Development Index (HDI), cluster analysis, and the Index of Dispersion were used, in order to determine the extent and distribution of the facilities and services of the villages of the county of Sanandaj. The results showed that, in terms of facilities and services, there is a great difference among the rural districts of Sanandaj. Based on the research findings in all models used in this study, Hussain Abad rural district and the countryside villages enjoy better conditions in terms of facilities, compared to other rural districts, and the rural districts of Sarab Qamish and Abidar are deprived of development. Moreover, based on the results achieved from the coefficient of variation, the sanitary index (0.06), and the agriculture index (1.69) had the least and the highest difference, respectively among the 10 rural districts of the county

development, AHP, cluster analysis, the rural districts of the county of Sanandaj