%0 Journal Article
%T The Comparative Analysis of Urban Employment Indexes in Iran Towns
%A A. Zangiabadi
%A A. Rahimi
%A S. Mosayebi
%J Geography and Environmental Planning
%D 2013
%I 
%X Extended abstract1- IntroductionThe role of employment in the vitality of modern urban societies¡¯ life is not a mystery to anyone. Unemployment and the ensuing issues constitute the most complicated of current urban planning issues which give birth to a plethora of deleterious social, cultural, security and even environmental complexities as well as to some certain economic consequences which directly or indirectly influence all aspects of urban planning in a sense that one could say many of the problems and issues of urban societies result from ill employment structures. Since employment and inequality are two interrelated and interdependent issues, unequal employment opportunities in different areas paves the way for inequality in other domains of development and results in developmental inequality among different areas, an inequity in creating employment opportunities, thus making some areas more developed than others which in long run leads to a lack of equilibrium in urban system of the country. Therefore, comparing and analyzing urban employment indices of different areas of the country and categorizing them in terms of urban employment development and providing a logical prioritization can prepare the ground for a well-informed intervention in urban employment planning of the country along with maintaining the community system equilibrium and establishing stable urban development. 2- MethodologyIn this study, Iranian cities are examined and compared in terms of urban employment indices using Maurice model and TOPSIS algorithm and arranged in the order of their urban development level and categorized, and the results were displayed in GIS environment on the map using ArcMap software. SPSS was employed to analyze and the data and test the hypotheses. The data used in indexing were the results of the public census of 1385 (2006) retrieved from the portal of the national statistical center of Iran.3- DiscussionThe cities were divided into 4 homogenous categories based on their employment development which accordingly, from a total of 336 cities, 19 cities are placed in level one, 123 in level 2. 146 in level 3 and 87 cities are placed in the last level. Three cities of Roshtkhar, Sarayan and Mahvelat have the three top places in terms of employment development, against Koohrang, Abu Musa, and Masjed Suleiman standing in the last places in that respect. The value (the cities¡¯ level of development) fluctuates between the upper limit of 0.556 and the lower limit of 0.286 and difference between its highest and lowest values is 0.270 and the first city (Ro
%K employment indices
%K urban employment
%K spatial distribution
%K inequality
%K TOPSIS
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