Analyzing spatial inequalities regarding women's benefiting from urban development indexes (case study: Urban districts of the city of Isfahan)

•This article analyzes women benefiting from development with the geographical approach.•It also provides an analysis of women's access to urban development indexes.•This research focuses on disparities of development in the city of Isfahan.

Concentrating on women's social welfare is of essence since they constitute an influential sector of the given society. The objective of this article is to evaluate the different perspectives and identify the urban development indexes that are related to the utility of space by women in the city of Isfahan. The adopted method here is of field survey type and the tool used to gather data is the questionnaire. The statistical population includes all girls and women over 18 in 14 districts of the city of Isfahan. The final result obtained indicates that in elite districts the upper crust women have established favorable conditions regarding the issue at hand. The districts that have rural core and have been annexed to the city recently have developed into new quarters. These quarters have attractive features in order to appeal residents in comparison with the similar quarters in other districts of the city, while in the outskirts of the city the living standards of women in the quarters is low. The insecurity in most of the quarters has increased the restrictions on women's presence in the city.