location selection for wood and paper industries in khoozestan province according to effective criteria

lignocellulosic resources of khoozestan province are usable for wood and paper industry. the main questions are that, which places have the best conditions are select for development of wood and paper industries? since, the methodologies of research were analytical and estimated. the research questions were tested by method of analytic hierarchy process (ahp). the results of the research were showed that priority places of khoozestan on the basis of effective criteria with 0.02 inconsistency-ratios for these factories are include; mahshahr, gotvand&izeh;, behbahan, khoramshahr, abadan, andemeshk, ahvaz, shoshtar and dezful respectively. some of effective criteria with 0.01 inconsistency-ratios are included; tax rate, the number of competitors and market conditions and spare parts respectively. therefore, mahshahr for factories of fiber preparation and gotvand and izeh for composites or particle board factories can be proposed, because of; important effective criteria and easy accesses to water resources.