Explaining functions of neighborhood-oriented approach in the management of medium-sized cities of the country (Case Study: the city of Bahar)

Rezaei Rad, Hadi; Akbarian, Seyedeh Zahra

doi:10.30466/grfs.2024.55180.1047

Explaining functions of neighborhood-oriented approach in the management of medium-sized cities of the country (Case Study: the city of Bahar)

Document Type : Original Research Articles

Authors

¹ Department of Urban Design and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

² Department of Urban Design and Planning, Faculty of of Art and Architecture, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan

10.30466/grfs.2024.55180.1047

Abstract

Due to the fact that neighborhood is the most basic element in a city and citizenship is a common general feeling on national and social identity in a particular area, undoubtedly, neighborhood-oriented management plays a significant role in urban management. But unfortunately, citizen-oriented perspective in urban management of our country has been of little importance nowadays. This paper seeks to evaluate the level of urban managers' attention to the potentials and capacities of neighborhood oriented in medium-sized cities like Bahar. Furthermore, measuring and evaluating the strengths and the weaknesses of such an attitude has been considered. The method of this present study is descriptive-analytics and the questionnaire is used for collecting the data needed to carry out the analysis. The statistical population includes managers and experts in the field of urban management in the city of Bahar, and 196 people were selected using Morgan Formula. The results of the research indicate that urban management in its current form does not lead to optimal management in cities because the problems of cities are very complex. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the neighborhood oriented approach as a connection point between the local community and the central government. The results of One-Sample t-Test showed that transparency (score 3.25) as one of the factors of urban management is the most important one because, in recent years, beneficial efforts have been made by the municipality of Bahar to inform the public about their activities. Also, the neighborhood centrality with the statistical mean of (3) indicates the medium and suitable level of this element in this city of Hamadan Province.

Keywords

20.1001.1.2981118.1403.2.2.5.8

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