investigation of social and economic development levels in villages of ardakan - yazd plain

the first step in planning for rural development is the identification of villages’ situation. for allocating funds and resources among villages, it is essential identifying villages in aspect of social and economical development. for ranking villages based on various factors, agriculture, health, infrastructure, political and administrative, communications, services, education and culture, and population. in this study, methods of numerical taxonomic methods has been used with combining the various indicators specify degree of development in lowland villages of ardakan- yazd. this study has investigated 48 village of yazd-ardakan plain with full count approach inclusiving guide plan in 2009 and has sorted and grouped according to the present data. the results show that each village can be ranked in different factors that it is not equal with total rank. villages of torkabad, mohammadabad and befroie have ranks of once to third respectively. densely populated rural does not have the appropriate degree of development necessarily. these rankings can be used as a base for planning in rural areas.