Measurement and evaluation of effective factors in citizen participation and its role in neighborhood sustainability

Citizenship participation leads to the prosperity of individual capacities and improving the performance of city managers and, consequently, sustainability. Hence, today, urban planners and policymakers consider the maximum attraction of citizenship participation as one of the sustainable strategies. The present study uses descriptive-analytic method to study the effective factors on citizen participation and the relationship between the amount of participation of citizens with stability in Evin and Zaferanie neighborhoods. In this research, sampling was performed using the Cochran formula and the sample population based on it. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using independent t-test and Pearson test and regression tests. The results of the research indicate that the level of citizenship participation at the neighborhood level has a significant difference. In other words, the level of citizenship participation in different aspects of the Evin neighborhood is more favorable than the Zaferanieh district. As a result of this situation and given the relation of the level of participation and sustainability of the neighborhood, Evin neighborhood is in a more favorable position than the Zafarrani neighborhood in terms of sustainability indicators. Finally, with respect to the multivariate regression test, it was determined that the factors affecting citizen participation are, respectively, institutional placement, social empowerment, decent city governance, the formation of local government and spatial justice.