Identifying Obstacles to Implementing a Participatory Green Space Management System: A Qualitative Study Using the Delphi Method
Subject Areas :
مدیریت ، برنامه ریزی و آموزش محیط زیست
hadis
daneshyar
1
(PhD in Agricultural Extension and Education, Department of Economic, Agricultural Extension and Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
seyad mehdi
mirdamadi
2
(Associate Professor of Department of Economic, Agricultural Extension and Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. * (Corresponding Author))
mehrdad
niknami
3
(Associate Professor of Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran.)
farhad
lashgarara
4
(Associate Professor of Department of Economic, Agricultural Extension and Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Received: 2021-06-05
Accepted : 2021-09-24
Published : 2022-06-22
Keywords:
Tehran Municipality,
participatory management,
Urban Green Space,
Qualitative Approach,
Abstract :
Background and Objective: Identifying the obstacles and challenges facing the implementation of participatory management in Tehran Municipality and being aware of the harms and dealing with them in an academic and compassionate way can facilitate the institutionalization of the goals of participatory management and knowledge-based development at the level of the administrative system of the country's municipalities. The present study was carried out with the aim of identifying and implementing the challenges of participatory green space management in Tehran Municipality.Material and Methodology: In this project, the opinions of experts extracted and categorized. The final research model was developed using the classical Delphi technique. The members of the Delphi panel consisted of ten green space experts from Tehran Municipality, District 4, who participated in the research process using purposive sampling. Atlas ti win 7 and SPSS win18 software used to process information and analyze statistical data.Findings: In this research, the qualitative study of barriers and challenges to participatory green space management, barriers and challenges classified into six components of organizational structural barriers, managerial barriers, individual barriers, legal executive barriers, organizational culture barriers and time.Discussion and Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, in the structural-organizational barriers section, the level of transparency expected by managers from employees is not clear and in the organizational culture barriers section, the lack of citizen participation is the most important challenges and obstacles to implementation. Participatory management system of green space in Tehran Municipality.
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