Evaluation of sustainable development indicators and its effects on case study planning in Kermanshah province

Planning for sustainable regional development is one of the main concerns of active planners in the field of development to find a way to balance regional imbalances and reduce heterogeneity. Therefore, recognizing the heterogeneity of regions can play an important role in principled and more useful planning. The aim of this study is to prioritize the cities of Kermanshah province based on regional sustainable development indicators. This research is applied in terms of purpose, in terms of descriptive-analytical method. The statistical population of the study consists of all cities of Kermanshah province. According to the general census of 2016, the population of the province was equal to 1952434 people, who selected 384 people as a sample using Cochran's formula. To analyze the data, one-sample test, multivariate regression analysis, path analysis. The results of one-sample t-test of the situation of sustainable development indicators in Kermanshah province showed that the economic index with an average of 3.062 is higher than the desired limit and social indicators with an average of 2.941, physical index with an average of 2.947 and Institutional indices with an average of 2.895 are lower than the desired situation. The results of multivariate regression analysis showed that the economic variable with a beta coefficient of 0.377 has the greatest impact on regional planning and the institutional variable with a beta coefficient of 0.143 has the least impact on regional planning. has it. The results of route analysis showed that the economic variable with an overall effect of 0.642 and the institutional variable with an overall effect of 0.143 have the least impact on regional planning in Kermanshah province.