Review of the citizen’s participation role on “Maintaining of the Urban Green Spaces & its Strategies“ (case study on Abbas- Abad land)

Subject Areas : Urban Management Studies

Abdullah Hendiani ¹ , Mohsen Ghadami ² , Nahid Hemati ³

1 - استادیار دانشگاه علوم انتظامی امین واستاد مدعو دانشگاه علوم و تحقیقات تهران- ایران
2 - استادیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، علوم و تحقیقات تهران- ایران
3 - کارشناس ارشد مدیریت شهری، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی علوم تحقیقات تهران- ایران مسئول مکاتبات

Received: 2014-06-05 Accepted : 2014-09-01 Published : 2014-03-21

Keywords: participations, financial participations, Executive participations, Intellectual participations, participations in activities e, Maintaining of the Urban Green,

Abstract :

Introduction and research purpose : Now a days, one of the main and key concepts of the permanent development is participation. Managers and urban planners always have tried to get one of their aims which is recognizing the role of citizens participation in maintaining urban green spaces by attracting peoples participations. This paper along with this goal, have figured out” the role of citizens, participation in Maintaining of the Urban Green Spaces”, and have been provided solutions (case study Abbas- Abad).The method of the research: this research is based on survey method and Descriptive and analytical and it uses questionnaire. Sampling method is systematic accidental. 384 people older” than 18 years old” who live in district 3 in Tehran, in Abbas- Abad gardens were selected.Results: The results show that financial contributions. 52/9% of respondents believe on timely payment of duties involved in the maintenance of green areas, in the executive partnership 79/8 percent of respondents have considered participating in cleaning up the parks, 69/1 percent of respondents participate in intellectual participation in needs assessments, Participate in the evaluation 49/7 percent of respondents involved in evaluating the performance and activities of the partnership has been effective in the maintenance of green spaces.Conclusion: The results of this paper show that 99% confidence of financial participation, Executive participation, Intellectual participations and participating in activities evaluation on participation in the Maintaining of the Urban Green Spaces is effective. The highest average ratings to participate is the Maintaining of the Urban Green Spaces and the lowest average financial contribution is dedicated and also Citizens wishing to participate in the scheme are also less financial burden and are more profitable. It is suggested to contribute to citizen participation in urban management in the climate benefits of green space initiatives serious step to take.