نقش سازمان های مردم نهاد متخصص شهرسازی در افزایش مشارکت شهروندان بر مبنای اقدام پژوهی مشارکتی در محلات اقبال و امامیه مشهد (مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)
درجه علمی: نشریه علمی (وزارت علوم)
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نقش نهادهای واسط و متشکل از افراد متخصص در زمینه شهرسازی به منظور آگاهی بخشی به شهروندان و پرنمودن خلأ بین آنان و مدیریت شهری، در راستای تحقق مشارکت ضروری به نظر می رسد. این پژوهش باهدف بررسی نقش سمن متخصص در امور شهری در مشارکت شهروندان برای بهبود محیط شهری در سطح محله صورت گرفته است. بدین ترتیب که در یک فرآیند اقدام پژوهی، بنیاد مردم نهاد چهارطبقه به عنوان یک سمن تخصصی شهرسازی انتخاب و نقش این نهاد در امر مشارکت و آگاهی بخشی به ساکنین طی دو ماه به صورت مستمر در طول انجام پروژه کیفیت بخشی به محلات دررابطه با استقبال از بهار 1397 در دو محله اقبال و امامیه در شهر مشهد بر اساس مدل تحقیق اقدامی لوین بررسی شد. جامعه آماری ساکنین محلات موردنظر است و حجم نمونه در هر محله بیشتر از 10 درصد جمعیت آن در نظر گرفته شده است. در مراحل مختلف از روش های مشاهده، مصاحبه های عمیق، جمع آوری نظرات بر روی بنر، پرسش نامه و جلسات استماع عمومی به منظور جمع آوری داده ها استفاده شده است. نتایج این اقدام پژوهی که مبتنی بر تجزیه وتحلیل های تفسیری است، نشان می دهد، ازیک طرف حضور سمن ها می تواند تا حدی خلأ موجود در مشارکت را حل نماید و به بهبود رابطه مدیریت شهری و شهروندان کمک کند، اما از طرف دیگر موانعی در این مسیر وجود دارد که عمدتاً به ضعف سازوکارهای قانونی مرتبط می شود. همچنین حضور این نهادهای واسط لازم است در تعریف پروژه های مشارکت مبنا مدنظر قرار گرفته و بسترهای لازم برای امتداد مشارکت و ادامه دار شدن گفتگوها با مردم پیش بینی گردد.The Role of NGOs Specialized in Urban Planning on Increasing Citizen Participation using Participatory Action-Research in Eghbal and Emamieh Neighborhoods of Mashhad
Extended Abstract
Introduction
It has been highly emphasized on citizen participation and many efforts have been made to use it in Iran, but since people in many situations remain inactive and do not interfere in urban affairs due to such issues as the lack of awareness and trust. That is, people stay silent about the wrong decisions made on the urban environment, so they do not participate effectively. But, intermediary institutions should intervene to make citizens aware of the related issues. Those organizations that are specialized in urban planning can fill this gap and play a significant role in developing and facilitating participation. This study tried to investigate the role of NGOs expert in urban affairs in the participation of citizens for improving the urban environment at the neighborhood level. So, using action-research method, Chhartabagbeh Institution was chosen as a specialized urban planning NGO. Then its role in enhancing the participation and awareness of residents over two months was explored. The action research was done over the implementation of the qualifying project to the neighborhoods considering spring-welcoming projects in 2017 in Eghbal and Emamieh in Mashhad. Levin action research model was used for this purpose. The statistical population consisted of all residents of the two neighborhoods. The size of the sample in each neighborhood was determined to be more than 10% of its population. The study used observation, in-depth interviews, the opinions on banners, questionnaire, and public disscussions were used in different stages to collect the data. The results that are based on interpretative analysis, showed that NGOs can partially fill the gap of participation and help to improve the relationship between urban management and citizens. It also showed that there are some obstacles in this regard. These problems are mainly related to the weakness of legal mechanisms. Moreover, the presence of intermediate institutions should be taken into account when cooperation projects are designed. The last but not least, appropriate platforms for more partnership, cooperation, and dialogues with the people should be desined.
Method
Taking into account the the principles of the interpretative paradigm, this method of this study possess the characteristics of applied studies. This research tried to offer a solution to enhance people’s participation in urban projects. Participatory action research (PAR) was used as a strategy for this qualitative research and field research. The aim was describing, understanding and changing. The data is anecdotal and the sampling was done considering its purpose and the nature of the research. Therefore, various methods including detailed and semi-structured interviews, taking notes, holding joint meetings, documenting meetings, and audio-recording of the discusions and interviews were applied.
Results
The results showed that NGOs can partially help to fill the gap existing in partnership and to improve the relationship between urban management and citizens. It also showed that there are some obstacles in this regard. One of the main problems is related to the weakness of legal mechanisms. Moreover, it seems a must to take into account intermediary institutions when designing partnership-based projects and to offer necessary mechanisms that can enhance the partnership and dialogue with the people.
Discussion and conclusion
It is necessary to implement and evaluate the projects carried out by the NGOs expert in urban planning to familiarize urban planners and designers and local authorities with the improving process and the application method to improve the quality of urban environments for people. Successful implementation of the projects, especially in countries like Iran, can help enhance community-based activities and people's participation in policy-making processes. If properly managed by urban planners and designers, the palns also can ehnance people’s awareness, their participation in the affairs pertaining to their neighborhood, and the sense of belonging to the neighborhood. NGOs’ success in these kinds of projects highly depends on the implementation of short-term policies at the local level, which will be possible if the civil, governmental, and private organizations intervine and the existing structures for locating be considered. The projects shoul be implemented in such a way that after the NGOs’ interventions, their impact on the residents and managers remain for a long time, and additionally, increase the motivation of the members of NGOs who work voluntarily. From this perspective, this study can as one of the first investigations that systematically does such measures seems to be effective.
This study faced som limitations, among of which are the qualitative analysis of the framework criteria developed by experts and local authorities. Doing a quantitative study on the residents can help validating the criteria. Among the limitations that may have impacted on the reliability of the framework at different scales and the type of projects (formal vs. informal), are the limited number and small scale of this project. Yet, another limitation related to the continuous evaluation is that if the projects create the desired imapcts or unexpected side effects, and if they are accepted widely enough by the communities that they try to improve. Taking into account the mentioned limitations, conducting continuous studies and transforming practical experiences to theoretical considerations seems to be necessary to fill the gap between theory and practice. Moreover, conducting evaluative studies on such projects after the implementation and evaluating their efficiancy will contribute to the theoretical knowledge of practical experiences and subsequent effective actions.
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