Investigating the Sports Places of Mashhad City by Spaces Analysis Method sing Geographic Information System

Considering the colorful role of sports in raising the level of physical and mental fitness of citizens, sports facilities are considered one of the city's most important uses. The present research was carried out to spatially analyse sports venues in Mashhad using the geographic information system. According to the type of research, the research method is descriptive and analytical of the survey type, and according to the research purpose, it is applied research. The statistical population of the present study includes all sports fields, sports complexes and swimming pools in Mashhad city in 13 areas within the service area, and the research sample is equal to the statistical population (in full). First, the Information and Communication Technology Organization prepared geographical information of sports venues and maps related to population parameters. Spatial statistical analysis and the method of preparing cluster maps were used to examine the spatial distribution, and in the next step, the hot spot analysis method was used to examine the most important area. All these steps are under the category of Spatial Statics Tools. Spatial Analyst Tools was used to prepare density maps and depict layers. According to the results obtained, the sports facilities are somewhat distributed in clusters, and in some areas, they are randomly distributed, which indicates the uneven distribution of sports facilities in Mashhad. Sports have no significant dispersion, and the concentration of sports places in Mashhad is also in Regions 10 and nine.