Resilience of the city by relying on good urban governance (Case study: Tehran city)
Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies
javad hajializadeh
1
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Seyedchamran Mosavi
2
1 - Department of Geography Education, Farhangian University, P.O. Box 14665-889,Tehran, Iran
2 - Islamic Council Research Center
Keywords: resilience, Good governance, Urban, Urban Development, Tehran City,
Abstract :
Introduction: In most developing countries, including Iran, the urban development planning and management system is centralized, and the monitoring and development of cities is done through government organizations at the national and local levels. The decisive intervention of the central government in policy-making and social planning in these countries has resulted in the severe weakness of local administrations and comprehensive civil institutions in the cities. In addition to that, what is proposed today as an inclusive and planned concept for the resilience of cities and urban structures against human and natural threats is the category of resilience.Research aim: The purpose of this research is to evaluate the role of good urban governance on urban resilience in Tehran.Methodology: The present research is of the type of applied purpose and in terms of data collection, it is a descriptive-analytical research. In this research, out of 36 questions for the variable of good urban governance (participation, justice-oriented, agreement and consensus-oriented, efficiency and effectiveness, legality, transparency, responsibility and accountability) and urban resilience (economic, social, institutional-managerial and infrastructural) physical) has been used. The statistical population includes university professors, managers and experts familiar with the research topic in Tehran city, 40 people were selected as a sample using targeted sampling. Studied Areas: The geographical area of this research is the city of Tehran.Results :The findings of the research show that in the city of Tehran, the indicators of participation, central justice, central agreement and consensus, efficiency and effectiveness, legality, transparency, responsibility and accountability, which reflect good urban governance, have an effect on the dimensions of urban resilience. have high (effect coefficient 0.69) Therefore, improving the indicators of good urban governance in the city of Tehran leads to an increase in the resilience of the city and its citizens.Conclusion: The results of this research show that in the city of Tehran, the indicators of participation, justice-oriented, agreement and consensus-oriented, efficiency and effectiveness, legality, transparency, responsibility and accountability, which reflect good urban governance, have a great impact on the dimensions of urban resilience. . In this research, the variable of good urban governance has been investigated based on 8 main dimensions and 24 indicators. These 24 indicators show the state of good urban governance in Tehran.
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