Explain the Effects of Entrepreneurship on Urban Sustainable Development with the Structural Equation Modeling Approach (Case study: Yasuj City)
Subject Areas :
Zohreh Deimiyad
1
,
Yaghowb Peyvastehgar
2
1 - Master of Urban Planning, Yasuj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasuj, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, Yasuj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasuj, Iran
Received: 2020-07-02
Accepted : 2020-08-18
Published : 2021-04-21
Keywords:
Urban Sustainable Development,
Modeling,
Entrepreneurship,
Sustainability,
Abstract :
To prevent the instability of urban spaces, it is essential to make optimal use of limited human and natural resources. Entrepreneurship Development and Promotion, it is known as the engine of economic development. Is one of the most important levers emphasized by economists and thinkers to achieve sustainable development of the city. The purpose of this quantitative and applied research is Which has been done with a combination of descriptive-analytical and causal methods, Explains the effects of entrepreneurship on sustainable urban development That It has been done as a case study in Yasuj city. The main tool for collecting field data, is a researcher-made questionnaire That Its validity and reliability have been confirmed by observing the principles and foundations of field research. Is a statistical community of research Including citizens living in Yasuj (98130 people) That They were over 15 years old and Due to financial and time constraints, it was estimated that 383 of them were statistical samples and The questionnaires were distributed quite randomly among the citizens and finally Due to the limited number of questionnaires, Data collected 375 people Has been analyzed Using SPSS and Amos software. The results showed Citizens' enjoyment of the variables that make up entrepreneurship with an average of 3.31, Is Above average level and Average calculated for sustainable development of Yasuj city with a value of 3.02, located in the middle level and Average calculated for Economic, social and environmental sustainability Has been in order 2.47 (below average), 3.31 and 3.30 (above average). It also showed the results of measuring the fit of the designed structural model The effect of entrepreneurship on sustainable urban development That Estimated criteria of the model in compliance with the proposed criteria They are in good condition and Entrepreneurship with a total effect of 0.662, Has had a significant statistical impact on sustainable urban development and Entrepreneurship has been able to Explain 44% of the variance of sustainable urban development in the study area.
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