Applied Research in Geographical Sciences

Applied Research in Geographical Sciences

An Assessment of City Council Performance in Improving Urban Management and Development Process from Citizen's Perspective: Case Study Tabriz Metropolitan

Author
Abolfazl Ghanbari
university of Tabriz
10.61186/jgs.24.73.182
Abstract
The Islamic City Councils as an important element of the urban management system as an institution, policymaker, decision maker, and legislator at the local level, have to be fully operational in order to fulfill their role of policymaking and oversight over all matters to be able to carry out policy and oversight tasks in all areas of the city and local organizations concerned. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of city council performance in improving the process of sustainable urban management and development from the perspective of citizens in Tabriz metropolis. This study is practical in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of nature and method and document studies and field surveys were used to collect data. The statistical population of the study is all citizens and residents over 18 years of Tabriz metropolis. According to the 2015 census, this city had a population of 1558693 people and 497898 households. Cochran formula was used to determine the number of samples from 327 subjects were selected. The data for the analysis of quantitative methods, descriptive and inferential statistics (one-sample t, Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, regression and path analysis) were used. The results showed that the average index of the performance of Islamic councils is 2.76 and its T-statistic is -6.59, which shows the unfavorable performance of the city council and the performance of the Islamic Council of this city in district 9 (with an average of 248.80). district 8 (with an average of 239.38) and district 2 (with an average of 204.33) have been evaluated favorably compared to other regions. Also, the average of all indicators of empowerment of Islamic city councils in the field of empowerment of Islamic councils is lower than numerical utility 3 and their t-statistic is negatively estimated. Finally, the performance of the Islamic councils in the economic dimension (employment, income and investment) has had the greatest effect with an overall effect of 0.608 and the least effect in the physical dimension with an overall effect of 0.210 in the realization of sustainable development.

Keywords: City Council Performance, Urban Management, Sustainable Urban Development, Tabriz Metropolis.





Keywords
City Council Performance
Urban Management
sustainable urban development
The Islamic City Councils as an important element of the urban management system as an institution, policymaker, decision maker, and legislator at the local level, have to be fully operational in order to fulfill their role of policymaking and oversight over all matters to be able to carry out policy and oversight tasks in all areas of the city and local organizations concerned. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of city council performance in improving the process of sustainable urban management and development from the perspective of citizens in Tabriz metropolis. The present study has been applied in terms of purpose, nature, method, descriptive-analytical and documentary and field studies to gather information. The statistical population of the study is all citizens and residents over 18 years of Tabriz metropolis. According to the census of the city in 1395 with 1,558,693 people and 497,898 households. Cochran formula was used to determine the number of samples from 327 subjects were selected. The data for the analysis of quantitative methods, descriptive and inferential statistics (one-sample t, Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, regression and path analysis) were used. The results showed that the average index of the performance of Islamic city councils in Tabriz metropolis was 2.76 and its t-statistic was -6.59, indicating the poor performance of city councils. Also, a spatial study of the performance of Islamic Councils in urban management in Tabriz metropolitan area showed that the performance of Islamic Councils in District 9 (with an average rating of 248/80), Area 8 (with an average rating of 2339/38) and Area 2 (With a mean rating of 204/33) it was evaluated statistically in relation to other desirable areas. Also, the average of all indicators of empowerment of Islamic city councils in the field of empowerment of Islamic councils is lower than numerical utility 3 and their t-statistic is negatively estimated. Finally, the results of the analysis of variance analysis, the performance of Islamic Councils in the economic dimension (employment, income and investment indices) with an overall effect value of 0.608 has the most impact on the realization of sustainable urban development. And the physical dimension with an overall effect value of 0.202 had the least impact on sustainable development realization. Therefore, the performance of the city council has had a favorable impact on sustainable urban development from the citizens' perspective.