Good Governance Strategies for Intervention in Informal Settlement Areas of Ahvaz City

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

10.22055/qjsd.2025.45555.2895

Abstract

One of the dominant areas of urban development instability in Ahvaz metropolis as a strategic city in the southwest of Iran Residential areas is informal. According to official information, their population was estimated at 400 thousand people. The area of these types of tissues also reaches more than 300 kilometers. According to the aforementioned, this research is intended explain the policies of urban governance to intervene in the contexts of informal settlements in the metropolis of Ahvaz. The current research is descriptive-analytical in terms of applied purpose. The method of collecting information is survey-library and the data collection was done in the form of a questionnaire. Finally, the data collected in the form of statistical analysis and structural analysis of Mic-Mc has identified the most important digital indicators of intervention in informal settlement areas. The results of the statistical analysis have shown that the strategic indicators of responsibility, transparency, participation, and central justice respectively had the highest impact in order to organize the dilapidated tissues of Ahvaz city. Also, the structural analysis of Mik Mak has shown 16 effective strategies for intervention in the organization of informal housing Of these; empowerment strategy in informal settlement areas (first rank), environmental improvement strategy (second rank) and investment strategy to organize informal settlement areas (third rank), The most effective strategies for organizing the informal settlement zones of Ahvaz city have been.

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Quarterly Journal of Social Development (Previously Human Development)
Volume 19, Issue 3 - Serial Number 75
Vol. 19, No. 3, Spring 2025
April 2025

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