Evaluating and Ranking the Development level of Rural Areas of Tabriz using Copeland Model and Comparison the Results with Topsis, Vikor and Electre Models
Abstract
Agricultural development is a major part of the rural development process, and it is impossible to imagine a developed world without agricultural development. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the level of agricultural development in Tabriz rural areas and to rank them in terms of agricultural development using Topsis, Vikor, Electre, and Copeland models. In this study, 8 agricultural criteria including level of Education, area of fields and orchards, mechanization level, livestock, fish farming, service-support and yield were used. The weight of the criteria was determined by paired comparison method and all the analysis steps were performed by Excel software and finally GIS software was used to produce the map. The results indicated that in the Topsis model, Lahijan was ranked first and Ajichai was the last, and in the Vikor model, Lahijan was ranked first and Maidanchai was the last. Thus to obtain consensus on the results of the models, Copeland method was used. Copeland's method is a Condorcet method in which the winner is determined by finding the candidate with the most pairwise victories. According to the Copeland model, Lahijan and Ajichai were ranked first and sixth, respectively. The status of all the considered rural areas was at "in developing" status. Coefficient of variation showed that fish farming criteria (CV=2.24) had the most distribution inequality among the villages and rice yield criteria (CV=0) had the most suitable distribution among the villages.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Agricultural Engineering
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Soheila Heidarzadeh
This is me
Iran
Fatemeh Zadvali
This is me
Iran
Asghar Pashazadeh
This is me
0000-0003-0243-1931
Iran
Publication Date
September 30, 2020
Submission Date
November 14, 2019
Acceptance Date
August 6, 2020
Published in Issue
Year 2020 Volume: 30 Number: 3
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