Hadi Barghamadi; Farid Nahid
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Urban catalyst projects are implemented in order to accelerate and facilitate the regeneration process of disorganized and disordered urban areas and are accomplished by relying on social participation and the use of local capacities. This study mainly aimed to investigate the effects and impacts of ...
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Urban catalyst projects are implemented in order to accelerate and facilitate the regeneration process of disorganized and disordered urban areas and are accomplished by relying on social participation and the use of local capacities. This study mainly aimed to investigate the effects and impacts of relocating public organizations to deteriorated areas in Tehran as urban catalyst projects. Thus the methodology was designed based on social impact assessment. Data was collected through documents and field visits. Afterward, the changes derived from the intervention in different variables and impacts on stakeholders were evaluated using different techniques such as comparative analysis. In addition to the literature review, reports from several similar urban projects were also studied. Related officials, urban managers, elites, and local social actors were selected by the targeted sampling method and were also interviewed, and the interviews continued to reach theoretical saturation. Based on all the data, the impacts on various aspects, including social (changes in population density, social control, safety, social conflicts, female presence and participation, migration and gentrification, quality of life, etc.), physical (infrastructures, traffic, deterioration, urban landscape, etc.), economical (property prices, job creation, local businesses, investment, etc.) and environmental subjects were explained. In the end, for managing the impacts, the network of different institutions and organizations which should be responsible for these interventions are identified. Then related solutions are provided to increase the positive effects and reduce the negative ones.
Ismaeel Jahanai Dolatabad; Rahman Jahanai Dolatabad
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The present study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the effectiveness of smart projects in the municipality of Region 2. In this study, the effectiveness of smart projects has been investigated in the form of Kirk Patrick's effectiveness model and using quantitative and qualitative methods and ...
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The present study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the effectiveness of smart projects in the municipality of Region 2. In this study, the effectiveness of smart projects has been investigated in the form of Kirk Patrick's effectiveness model and using quantitative and qualitative methods and techniques including survey, interview and hierarchical analysis. The findings of the quantitative section showed that the two projects, Pido and Bidood, with a very large difference compared to other projects are considered to be the most effective smart projects implemented in Region 2 of Tehran. for other projects the effectiveness is much lower than the first two projects. However, From this perspective the Allo Park application is in the third place, and the Smart Marginal Park and Rialo projects are in the next ranks. However, Capitankar and Urban Smart Kiosk are the least effective smart projects implemented in Region 2 . The results of the causation section showed that the failure of the studied projects is primarily related to managerial weakness and unprofessional decisions. Secondly, there is a lack of an interactive and participatory approach among various sectors, including organizational managers and program makers, contractors and citizens, thirdly, there are problems related to the implementation process and executive factors. In this regard, the application of the present study in three main areas, including the need for change in the decision-making system, the need for change in the participation system and the need for change in the implementation system has been developed and presented
