Evaluating the Performance of Municipality in Terms of Good Urban Governance (Case Study: District 1 and 3 of Zahedan City)

Seyed Moslem Seyedalhosseini

doi:10.5539/ass.v12n9p77

Abstract

<p>Good urban governance is one of the aspects of urban management that has recently caught the attention of western countries and societies. In fact, there are no other options for management and administration of cities except for paving the way for the development of democracy. In this regard, a new form of governance called good urban governance has been found. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to evaluate the performance of urban management using the approach of good urban governance in Zahedan city. To achieve this, the present study was conducted using analytical-descriptive and field-survey methods. Furthermore, the study population of this research included district 1 and 2 residents of Zahedan city. 200 of them were selected using Cochran’s method and questionnaires were distributed among them using simple random method. In order to evaluate urban management in the studied regions, five good urban governance indicators including transparency, participation, accountability, lawfulness, and effectiveness were used. The results of Mann-Whitney test indicated the better condition of district 1 in two aspects of accountability and lawfulness compared to district 3. In addition, t-test results showed that the aspect of effectiveness has the best condition with a mean of 3.21 and the aspect of participation has an unfavorable condition compared to other aspects with a mean of 2.58.</p>

Highlights

The extent and complexity of urban issues and the ever increasing development and growth of cities have made urban management a difficult task
Urban management is a multilateral and strategic process that can reduce the amount of population problems especially in urban areas
Since municipality is a civil and public organization and it is responsible for urban administration and management, urban management is somewhat the reflection of local governance (Latifi, 2007, p. 27)

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Introduction

The extent and complexity of urban issues and the ever increasing development and growth of cities have made urban management a difficult task. If we consider city as similar to an organization, it is necessary to set an element on top of it for future planning and administration of current affairs. This element could be called urban management The foundation of urban management includes taking an active role for development, management and coordination of resources in order to achieve urban development objectives (Saeidi, Encyclopedia of Urban and Rural Management, 707). This comprehensive look at development indicates the necessity of considering urban management more than ever.

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