The OptimalLevel of ClassifiedofDevelopmentMethodsVillagesinGuilan

Identifying various types of rural residences inGuilan and their categorizations serves as a base for rural development programs that can open ways to discover needs¡capabilities¡ limitations and difficulties in villages and measure the level of development and deprivation in villages.Concerning physical and social-economic characteristics of Guilan villages¡ common models and methods for categorization of level of development cannot be easily used and followed.According to this¡by classification of Guilan villages in terms of environmental and social-economic aspects and identification of the difficulties and capabilities of each group of villages at the natural level of their settlement (plain¡ foothill and mountain) and atthe level of official units (rural district and district), their development and privation level can be attained.In this research¡ by using and combining known scientific methodologies¡ we have tried to present an appropriate and optimum method for categorizing of villages and measuring the rate of their development. Relying on this method we have attempted to identify the main indexes of studying the rate of development or privation of Guilan villages.