Analysis of cultural development indicators in Iran

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Article 7, Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 7, December 2006   

Document Type: scientific-research article

DOI: 10.22067/geography.v4i7.4199

Authors

Mas’oud Taghva’ee^* ; Safar Gha’ed Rahmati

Abstract

Better understanding and recognizing the amount of cultural development in Iranian provinces and comparing them, causes a particular attention and helps to recognize their weaknesses, strengths, potentialities and deficiencies. The purpose of this paper is to analyze cultural development indicators in Iran. The writers of this article present an applied research and use a comparative method. Using deductive surveying and research methods, the writers of this article have attempted to show the lack of balance in the distribution of cultural services and specifically present suggestions and guidelines for achieving the optimum condition. The findings of this research could be significant in regional planning.

Keywords: Cultural development, development indicator, spatial imbalance, spatial balance in distribution percapita, Z score indicator, factor analysis.