TY - JOUR T1 - Rating Isfahan`s Areas in Terms of Cultural Services Based on Multiple Indicators Decision Making TT - رتبه‌بندی مناطق شهراصفهان از لحاظ شاخص‌های فرهنگی براساس تصمیم‌گیری چندشاخصه JF - Yektaweb_Journals JO - Yektaweb_Journals VL - 12 IS - 44 UR - http://refahj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-918-en.html Y1 - 2012 SP - 175 EP - 198 KW - cultural development KW - cultural indicators KW - decision indicators KW - Isfahan KW - planning N2 -     Objectives: Cultural services are key elements of development. Adjusting the distribution parameters for the development, planning, comprehensive development areas to provide a flexible model for a balanced distribution of services, population and settlement (the balance of space) would be necessary. So, the achievement of sustainable development requires a balance in the distribution pattern service indicators, economic, cultural planning.   Method: Statistics population is fourteen areas of Isfahan which are rating based on the 35 indexes. These indexes have been used by using Shannon entropy and weighting of indicators and have been plotted by using the GIS map of the five-level development zones.   Findings: Findings show that cultural factors in a balanced distribution of urban areas have not got significant differences between urban areas and the development of cultural services. The first region and fourteenth region were located in the highest and lowest levels.   Results: The results of the study have indicated that there is a significant difference in the urban areas in terms of cultural facilities. So, the regions 13, 10, 7 and 14 with priority coefficients 0 / 04, have the lowest level of development and they need development. And the first and third areas with an average coefficient of 0/61 at the highest level of development, and they are the latest priorities of development. M3 ER -