Document Type : Research
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Encyclopedia Research, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, The Institute for Research and Development in the Humanities (SAMT), Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of MOT, Faculty of Management, Malek Ashtar University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is widely recognized as an effective criterion for measuring a country's market situation and economic growth, mirroring the economic and social welfare of a society. Should other welfare factors remain constant, GDP growth is generally expected to improve the overall welfare of people. Consequently, GPD growth is treated as one of the main objectives in the policies of countries. This study aims to explore the share of Iran’s provinces from the GDP using the CoCoSo and CRITIC models. The findings suggest that Tehran, Khuzestan, and Khorasan Razavi province are ranked high in the first strategy (Ka) with scores of 0.047, 0.041, and 0.040, respectively. In the second strategy (Kb), Tehran, Khuzestan, and Khorasan Razavi provinces also ranked high with scores of 136.86, 59.97, and 43.24, respectively. With regard to the third strategy (Kc), Tehran, Khuzestan, and Khorasan Razavi provinces with scores of 1, 0.874, and 0.840, respectively, gained the highest ranking. Accordingly, 19 provinces exhibited moderate to low performance in terms of studied indices. According to the results of the correlation test, with growing migration and population density, GDP increases in the provinces under study. Thus, to improve the GDP situation in provinces with very low rankings, regional planners need to consider a model that is commensurate with their potential capacities and can result in balanced and sustainable development and exploitation of potentials and resources in all provinces.
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