Evaluation of the effective indicators on citizens' participation in urban affairs in Kermanshah city with the interpretive structural equations approach

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

negin hashemi ¹ , moslem rostami ² , jafar nasirnateri ³

1 - M.A.Student in Urban Affairs Management, Department of Urban Affairs Management, Electronic Branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistance Professor, Department of Geography& urban planning, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Education Management Department, Farhangian Nowshahr University, Mazandaran, Iran.

Received: 2023-05-13 Accepted : 2023-10-08 Published : 2025-02-19

Keywords: performance, Kermanshah, urban management, Participation, citizens', participation,

Abstract :

Introduction The participation of citizens in the urban decision-making process is one of the main elements of comprehensive urban development that plays an important role in creating urban balance. The purpose of the current research is to evaluate the effective indicators in the participation of citizens in urban affairs with a modeling approach.Methodology The current research is applied in terms of goal setting and descriptive-analytical in terms of methodology. which has been identified from the opinions of 30 experts on this topic using the Delphi method. In order to analyze the information of 6 factors as strong influencing factors of citizens' participation in urban affairs, ISM interpretive-structural modeling was used, and then with Mic-Mac software and SPSS software.Geographical area of research The area under study is the city of Kermanshah.Results and discussion The results of the research showed that the effectiveness of the transparency index was more effective than other factors. Also, the results showed that the indicators of transparency, responsiveness, efficiency and participation and objective indicators are among the linked variables that have a high power of influence and dependence, but the transparency and accountability index are directed towards key factors and are at the border between the linked indicators and There are key factors that have high power of influence and low dependence and have the greatest impact on urban affairs, as well as subjective indicators of weak influence but high dependence and are most influenced by key and connected factors. And finally, suggestions have been made for the development of citizens' participation in urban affairs in Kermanshah.Conclusion The index of transparency and accountability has the highest score and the objective index has an unfavorable situation.