URBAN MANAGEMENT STUDIES
Year:2011 | Volume:3 | Issue:6|Papers Count:7

Introduction: In this study of six major components of social capital include social trust, social participation, social protection, social solidarity, sense of security, life value, and for social crisis management of the variable, prevention, preparedness, response and reconstruction was used.Method: This research, of objective standpoint, practical and method standpoint is the correlation description to determine the correlation between citizens' social capital and social crisis management and of Rasht metropolis offers. Statistical society of men and women is 20 to 60 years in Rasht. Each of the indices was assessed using a questionnaire developed. Information collected after the initial classification using the software SPSS, descriptive and inferential statistics were analyzed. Test to determine the relationship between the variables of to examine K-square and the relationship score of the index tau - b Kendall, as well as interactions between variables resarch and variables personal detaile way analysis of mutual variance was used.Results: The analysts suggest the results of the research questions and hypotheses were between the social crisis management and social capital of Rasht metropolis there is a significant relationship whatever the level of citizens' social capital as more will be added and social crisis management as well as more will be added. Therefore, in order to reduce the costs of economic, social, cultural, social crisis, metropolis in Iran The results of this research is to be cited and used in all levels of urban management.

Introduction: Today, most experts believe that the focused urban management experience is failed and it is impossible without citizen participation. So the attraction of citizen's participation is the main concerns of the urban new management. Tehran Municipality the one of the major institutions of urban management has adopted the social approach in order to attract the participation of citizens and has taken the basic steps. The purpose of the present article is to explore the status of Tehran citizens' participation in doing activities of municipality (case study region 4).Method: The survey method based on questionnaire was used to examine this subject. The statistical data analysis techniques such as mean, Pearson correlation and multivariate analysis methods were used to analyse data.Results: The research results indicate a low level of citizens participation that its changes will be explained with factors such as gender, education, knowledge and information on urban management, expected rewards of participation, association membership, experience and interest in and desire to live in neighborhoods.Conclusion: Municipality can enhance citizen's participation and attract it in doing its activities with different measures based on results of this study.

Introduction: by increasing urbanity in Iran and increasing urban areas, trend of urban development is unstable. This article has been studied the problems and potential in Boroujerd and extracting the purposes of planning, implementation strategies and policies for efficient use of space, then has been presented facilities that they are proportional with economic - Social, cultural conditions of Boroujerd.Method: the kind of this research is "Expanded – Applied" and the research method is "descriptive – analytical". Data collection method is "Survey - the library", AIDA Techniques has been used in research, the space of this research is Boroujerd city and the community of this research is citizens and urban planners.Findings: According to findings of study the cause of uncontrolled expansion of Boroujerd are, planning policies in development plans and need of housing supply as human factors, geographic space with rugged topography as natural reasons. In addition, weakness of urban management and weakness of urban infrastructure are most important problems of this city. Researcher according to environmental – economic - social and cultural conditions of citizens, have been proposed infill development by providing operational projects.Results: Western cities in the country due to locating in topographical conditions have been faced with this problem (sprawl growth). This problem In terms of physical led to increased costs on infrastructure, on the other hands it will be the Destruction of agricultural lands and urban gardens. This study has been conducted by presenting operational strategies development in Boroujerd city.

Introduction: Launching the toy houses over the city of Tehran is one of the basic efforts of urban management. The purpose of establishment of toy houses is training the different social and individual skills through play and toy thus, evaluating the effectiveness of these centers is significantly important. This research aimed at studying the influence of toy house's performance on children’s social skill development over the 22 districts of Tehran.Methods: This research is a semi – empirical study (experimental group and control group).Children who have used toy house’s services are experimental group and those who have not used toy house’s services are control group. Statistical community in this study are children who call on toy houses in Tehran (children 3 to 7 years old) and 500 children was selected as study sample and the obtained data was analyzed by the covariance analysis method.Result: Toy houses had a significant effect on the children's social skill development. In relation to subsidiary hypothesis, toy houses have significant impact on children’s verbal and nonverbal social relations. Also, about the impact of toy houses regarding sex and age groups, the results indicate that there is no difference between the impact of toy houses services and the increase of the social skill group by separation of boys and girls. Furthermore, the interaction between both sexes and the groups was found non- significant and thus the sex variable does not have the role of modifier. In relation to age and the impact of toy house services on increase of the social relation development rate, there is no difference between 3-5 and 5-7 years old. However, the impact of age and group’s interaction is significant as a result, the variable of age has a modifier role.Conclusion: It can be expressed toy houses play an important effect on the children‘s social skills and essential projects like this will show its effectiveness in the future. Paying attention to children and investing on this basic age group will be doubtlessly useful for the future of the city and citizen’s physical and emotional health. For achieving more qualitative results, more longitudinal researches and pursuing children’s social development over time is suggested.

Introduction: Unbalanced distribution of resources and economic, social services between regions has been led to special development planning and create balance between regions. So this research has been done the objective such as determine of level of provinces development, investigating of development degree in deferent sections and prediction of effective factors in development of region.Method: the data has been collected from Last official census of population and housing in Iran at 1385. The method of research is Descriptive – analytic and has been used Statistical model such as Factor analysis, Multivariate regression.Findings: finding of research show that there isn’t balance between provinces of Iran. south khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, Mazandaran, Gilan, Semnan, Yazd, Isfahan, Qom, Tehran provinces are At the highest level of development and 8 provinces such as: Chahar Mahal Bakhtiari, Kermanshah, Lorestan, Khuzestan, Kerman and North Khorasan has been located in second level and Markazi, Bushehr, Hamadan, Fars, East Azerbaijan, Golestan, Ardabil, West Azerbaijan, Qazvin provinces has been located in third level and finally three provinces such as Ilam, Kurdistan and Sistan Baluchistan has located The lowest level of development.Result: according to results of Multivariate regression for developing of Iran provinces should be used from Healthy, physical, cultural, educational, institutional and economic factors for provinces mentioned above.

Introduction: Macrocephaly phenomenon has been shown in less developed countries and the size of largest city in this countries is more than 5 to 10 equal of size of population of second city. Aggregation administrative – politic activities and commercial – social activities in first city are deterrent of development in other cities in this countries. As a result, regional and national balance is destroyed. The purpose of study is analysis of urban network in the metropolitan region of Lorestan.Research method: the methods of this study are combination of quantitative - analytical methods and we have used The Rank- Size Rule, Rank - size adjusted, Entropy Index, Lorenz Curve, and Gini Coefficient.Finding: The results of this study show that urban network in the metropolitan region of Lorestan do not follow from Rank- Size Rule. The spatial balance is relatively good between population and number of towns in metropolitan area. The distribution of urban population and urban area are semi – balanced. And finally at the macro level, first city (Khoram abad) have occurred macrocephaly phenomenon in metropolitan region of Lorestan.Results: for preventing the formation of the first urban area we should avoid migration inter-provincial and, will strengthen the middle and small cities.

Introduction: Boroujerd has been located in west of Iran. It have too valleys and hills, also it has hard slope. the hard slope has limited housing in this city. But we can use from them as protection of natural land use and special urban equipment for example water, gas, oil sources and city is kept from outdoor threat (attack to jangle and etc) and indoor threat (vandalism).Method: this research is applied and the method research "descriptive – analytical".Findings: the purpose of study is, identity of suitable site for establishment of urban facilities with appropriate passive – defense measurements. So is used urban development plans and, GIS, CAD and also is used two model "Holdern & Shannon entropy" and has been studied sprawl growth in boroujerd.Results: this research represent defense strategies, also it present final plan with determine specific points for locating facilities and equipment urban by using principle of passive defense.