Journal of the Geographical Studies of Mountainous Areas

The issue of imbalance of capital flows between different geographical regions during development creates gaps and intensifies inequality in regions, which is itself an obstacle to development and the desire toward underdevelopment. Thus, the present study aimed to assess the levels of development of cities in Kurdistan province and its relationship with human risks. This research was applied and descriptive-analytical. The data set in the Statistics Center was used to measure the levels of development. Vickor method and hierarchical analysis were used to determine the ranking of cities in Kurdistan province in terms of levels of development. Findings showed that the cities of Kamyaran (1), Sanandaj (0.211), Dehgolan (0.221), Bijar (0.2549), Divandere (0.3425), Qorveh (0.3483), respectively. Marivan (0.3671), Sarvabad (0.4860), Saqez (0.6152), Baneh (0.9060) were ranked 1st to 10th in terms of development, respectively. In relation to development and human risks, the results of prioritizing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, as well as the evaluation of the internal and external factors evaluation matrix show that in the table of strengths S1 i.e. utilization. Among the infrastructural and economic capacities in increasing the development indicators in the table of weaknesses of W1, i.e. increasing social instability in the city due to increasing unemployment, poverty and addiction, in the field of factors of opportunities O1 i.e. creating a sense of participation and empathy among people. In order to expand the development of the city and in terms of threats, T4, i.e. creating poverty, had the highest weight.