Spatial distribution and zoning of deprivation in Isfahan city

Assessing the level of development of urban areas and awareness of the pattern of spatial distribution of deprivation is the first step in planning and implementing deprivation policies in urban areas. Isfahan city for many years with the attraction of abundant migration and unbridled population growth, has caused a balance to develop and eliminate deprivation of different parts of the city, to be at the forefront of the concerns of planners. But not paying attention to all aspects of deprivation has led to cross-sectional and unconscious interventions. The purpose of this study is to identify deprived areas of Isfahan based on a comprehensive view and help plan deprivation elimination based on specific deprivation aspects of each region and neighborhood. For this purpose, 34 indicators were identified in 4 dimensions and after determining their weight by pairwise comparison method, deprivation index was calculated by two methods of TOPSIS and factor analysis for 192 neighborhoods of Isfahan. The research method is applied in terms of nature and based on a descriptive-analytical method. The required data are mainly collected from objective and positive data and some are based on subjective data and four economic, socio-cultural, physical and environmental dimensions are included for the deprivation index. The results of TOPSIS technique determine a deprivation strip including neighborhoods in the northeast of Isfahan, the northern parts of the central regions and most of the western regions. In the method of factor analysis, this issue includes three main zones: east, northeast and west. In both methods, most areas of Isfahan have a combination of deprived, relatively deprived and privileged neighborhoods, but based on the zoning specified in both methods, neighborhoods in the north of the river, such as areas 2, 7, 9, 11, 14 and parts of areas 1 and 3 are in a worse position.