The Comparative Evaluation of the Underdevelopment Degree- A Case Study of The Villages of Roudsar City

Economic development examines improvements in kinds of indexes such as life expectancy, literacy rates, and poverty rates. The most important goal of any societies is the economic development. Thus, it is necessary to know the possibilities of the different areas of any country. The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the degree of development in the villages of Roudsar City in 2011. This paper explains the numerical taxonomy method and its mathematical relationship and offers the various suitable indexes of economic development. And then based on the statistical documents and using 38 common indicators of economical, social, educational and so on determines the ranking each village of Roudsar City in terms of Economic welfare in the years during 2001 and 2011. The research results are as follows: underdevelopment degrees of the villages of Roudsar City have reduced in the years during 2001 and 2011 and in this decade, the economic situation has been improved and the villages’ underdevelopment coefficient has changed from 0.673to 0.564. Although the rate of improvement has not been uniform in all the villages during this decade, economic duality of the villages has reduced these ten years. And the improvement percentages of the poor villages are more than rich villages. According to the findings, the research suggests in the reduction of the regional inequalities be a priority policy in the areas.