m a; mohammad sheykhi
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Abstract In recent years, the role and active participation of local and municipal administration in the field of economic development has been accepted as one of the new missions of urban management. One of the most important measures to improve the economic capacity of the cities is to improve ...
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Abstract In recent years, the role and active participation of local and municipal administration in the field of economic development has been accepted as one of the new missions of urban management. One of the most important measures to improve the economic capacity of the cities is to improve the business environment. The importance of paying attention to the business environment is a direct link between the development indicators in a city and the analysis of the effects and implications for development of the city, which is of interest to experts. Currently, in Iran, the business environment is measured only at the national and provincial levels. But it should be noted that focusing on lower levels, such as cities, is important as well because in some cities, dominated situation could not be explained and analyzed by the economic trends in national level. Hence, in this article, studying business environment in Sadra's new city and the effects on development of the city are considered. The method of the research is a questionnaire in combination with interviews. Using a targeted sampling method, 54 economic activists in Sadra were interviewed and the same questionnaire containing 57 questions was distributed and completed. The results of the research show that the business environment of Sadra city, is lower than average. In this situation, the city's business enterprises have not been able to perform well enough and the private sector has moved to underground, unproductive and informal economies. Keywords: Sadra's New City, Business Space, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Urban Development
mohammad shiakhi; metra azimi
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Today, many planning experts and theorists of regional sciences acknowledge the fact that urban area, in addition to villages and towns, has become a new form of settlement for mankind. There are main structural and functional differences between urban areas and villages/towns. Urban areas are of some ...
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Today, many planning experts and theorists of regional sciences acknowledge the fact that urban area, in addition to villages and towns, has become a new form of settlement for mankind. There are main structural and functional differences between urban areas and villages/towns. Urban areas are of some potentialities, the realization of which requires an appropriate knowledge of urban areas and a correct way of determination of urban area limits, and subsequently, adequate planning and management. It is evident that an appropriate planning of urban areas is feasible through scientificly determining their borders. In Iran, urban areas have been recognized since 1995, and various efforts have been made to determine them scientifically. In practice, however, it seems that the determination of the areas are mainly based on political-administrative divisions. Since Tehran urban area is the largest urban zone in all over the country and has national and international functions, any planning and policy-making for that are requires precise and scientific determination of its urban limits. The present research studied the current commonly-used methods, and then proposed ‘factor analysis’ as a complementary method for determination of the limits of Tehran urban area based on socioeconomic indicators the analysis of indicators. 50 socioeconomic indicators at township level were obtained, and then a factor analysis was performed using SPSS software. Finally, the results were linked to GIS map of Tehran province, and after various layers had been prepared, the output of the research was obtained within the frameworks of a thematic map. This study revealed that taking use of factor analysis, the limits of Tehran urban area are the same as those of Tehran province excluding Firoozkouh and Nazarabad townships.
