urban policy

Sustainable development is one of the key objectives of the tourism industry in any country, and this industry is influenced by economics, politics, and geography, with its development also impacting each region. Sustainable development in tourist areas accelerates the national development process through policies that preserve resources and the environment in each region. The aim of this research is to examine the role of urban policy in selecting top tourist regions and evaluating the criteria and capabilities of tourist destinations in the city of Mahshahr. The analytic hierarchy Process (AHP) model and a likert scale questionnaire were used in this research. Firstly, the questionnaires were distributed and their data were analyzed. After obtaining the compatibility of the criteria, the weights of each criterion and option were determined and then analyzed. The findings of this study indicate that among the factors of gravity, value, distance, and selected demand for tourism in the study area, the demand criterion has been assigned the highest weight (0.54) and the attraction criterion has been assigned the lowest weight (0.06) in tourism. Furthermore, the final ranking of selected tourist areas in Mahshahr has shown that bandar imam Khomeini and Aram Park Lake, with scores of 0/354 and 0/29 respectively, are ranked first and second in priority, while the historical city of Esk is ranked seventh in a lower position. Therefore, making informed decisions based on tourism criteria has a significant impact on economic activities, and the demand criterion has a more significant impact on regional tourism development.

In recent decades, improving the quality of settlements through transforming significant villages into cities was identified as one of the development policies designed to enhance residents' access to urban amenities, facilities, and services. Therefore, this study's purpose is to determine how turning rural areas into urban cities affects locals' quality of life and compare the current situation of these settlements in the two towns of Kopon and Masiri in the Fars province.

The present study is a descriptive-analytical type of applied research. The residents of the studied cities represent the research's statistical population, which was determined using the Cochran formula with a sample of 380 people. The data were analyzed using SPSS software.

The Kolmogorov–Smirnov test's findings indicate that the satisfaction level with the quality of life elements in the two cities differs in the two periods preceding and following the development. Based on the results of the Mann-Whitney U test, the average level of satisfaction of quality of life before development is more desirable in the city of Masiri. While all aspects of the city of Kopon, after improvement, have more favorable conditions. The W-Kendall ranking test shows that satisfaction with the aspects of quality of life in the two cities (separately) differs between the two periods. Moreover, based on the simple linear regression test, there is a strong relationship between the quality of life and hope for the future in both settlements.

In general, the results of the study show that the policy of promoting settlements and the measures taken have been successful in Kopon in contrast to Masiri.

It is necessary to evaluate the physical texture of Babol according to the local characteristics and the spatial structure of the city and the reasons for its need for spatial reconstruction from the perspective of the smart city approach because urban management can consider defined areas for the city areas that should be accompanied by With technological standards and appropriate policies, the economic and social revitalization of the day in the form of technological development will help the smart city. This research is applied research done with analytical methods and a quantitative approach. The statistical population of the current research includes two sections of experts, whose number is 20 based on available sampling and Babol city residents based on Cochran's formula and random sampling. Two methods of SWARA, determining the importance of indicators, and WASPAS, ranking urban areas, were used for the data. Also, t-tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation, regression and Scheffe's post hoc test were used in SPSS software and structural equations in Amos software. According to the results, the indicators of a smart economy, smart government, smart life, smart citizen, smart environment and smart mobility are important in realizing a smart city. Also, based on the results of WASPAS, one area of Babol has a more favorable situation. Therefore, it is necessary for those in charge to pay special attention and have an application program for Region 2 and the context of the city of Babol in general in order to make it smart and achieve sustainable development. 

Development paths in any society are more the result of choices and decisions that are made as a result of policy-making practices. In recent decades, rapid urban changes and the resulting crises have drawn attention to the field of urban policy. On the other hand, the unequal forms and distribution of resources and opportunities to the detriment of most individuals and social groups living in cities have led the critical theorists represent the demands of the citizens based on the concept of ‘right to city” against policy makers and decision makers of the city issues. To city policymakers and decision makers. The purpose of this article is to understand the concept of the right to the city in the field of policy and planning of urban issues and transfer it to urban experts and try to implement this idea in the field of urban policy and planning. In the present article, an attempt has been made to recognize and analyze the relationship between the two concepts of the right to the city and urban policy, using the theoretical framework presented by Lefebvre on the concept of the right to the city and the researchers' approach to urban policy. The research is descriptive-analytical based on qualitative method. Methods of data collection include selection of documents, thematic analysis of the views of experts and thinkers on the selected topic. According to the findings of the present study, urban policy-making is the most important area for bargaining about the ways of distributing benefits and opportunities in cities by urban stakeholders, which is the reason why  is why the need for citizens to be present in decision-making and Urban policymaking layers. The neglect of institutional mechanisms, capacity building, transparency, accountability, the use of participatory budgeting and participatory planning, has made democratic decision-making difficult and relatively impossible for as the most serious stakeholder’s citizens in urban life. Strengthening civic and social institutions and creating mechanisms for monitoring and citizen participation in the decision-making process regarding the selection and implementation of metropolitan projects, along with the use of participatory budgeting in how the city invests capital, are among the items that: In that can practically lead to practice, it can lead to the realization of the right to the city in the administration of cities.

Quality of life is a state of social well-being of an individual or group, whether perceived or known, by visible indices and includes various domains of life such as material, physical, social, emotional well-being and the domain of development and activity. Improving the citizens’ quality of life and enhancing their level of satisfaction with life is one of the main goals of urban planning, which is pursued through making of different policies. A part of the urban service provision policies is developed by urban planning authorities. , The recognition of how these policies influence citizens’ quality of life, from making to the implementation stage and also the mechanisms related to the urban service satisfaction and its determinants in combination with other sub-domains of quality of life, are very important issues mentioned in urban planning, which can be used to provide guidelines for making policies and plans related to community development. The purpose of this research is to develop a conceptual framework that explains the role of urban service provision policies (as one of the sub-domains) in conceptual system of quality of life. In this research, through documentary study and using the meta-analysis method, a review of the system of quality of life as well as the mechanism of public (and urban)service provision policies is considered as two main variables of research and by recognizing the joint factor of quality of life and urban services (which is the provision of citizen's needs), the conceptual model of the mechanism of the impact of urban services and provision policies on citizens’ quality of life, as the achievement of the research, is presented.