Ehsan Aslani; Seyed Kamaleddin Shahriari; Hossein Zabihi
Abstract
The Historic City of Yazd is a part of Yazd city which has been inscribed as the first urban fabric of Iran on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Since this area faces many challenges due to the lack of coordination between influential organizations and institutions in urban management, identifying ...
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The Historic City of Yazd is a part of Yazd city which has been inscribed as the first urban fabric of Iran on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Since this area faces many challenges due to the lack of coordination between influential organizations and institutions in urban management, identifying the indicators affecting the establishment of the integrated urban management system in the Historic City of Yazd could help improve its condition. According to the research method, an experts’ panel was convened with five current and former officials and urban managers of Yazd city to scrutinize the challenges faced by the influential agents in the historic fabric of Iranian cities. After summing up, 48 indicators were obtained, which were classified based on the nature of the dimensions of the integrated urban management. These indicators were distributed in the form of a questionnaire with a 5-point Likert scale among 32 experienced city officials and managers in Yazd who were selected using the snowball sampling method. The hypothetical, theoretical structure of the research was tested using SmartPLS 3 software. Considering the path coefficients, it can be concluded that there is a direct and significant relationship between intra-organizational, institutional, planning, structural-legal, vertical, and inter-organizational integrations with the integrated urban management in the Historic City of Yazd, and 41 indicators were found effective in this regard. Finally, solutions were proposed to establish the integrated urban management system in the Historic City of Yazd.
