Examining the Public Policy Making Process in Tehran's Urban Management (2012-2018)

Quality of life is one of the consequences of urban policy making. However، Tehran's rank in relevant global ranking reports is low. This pose a series of question for urban managers: What are the current stages and processes of policy-making in Tehran urban management? What are the challenges and limitation of these processes that cause malfunctions? For answering these questions، processes of designing، approving، implementation and evaluation of the second five-year plan of Tehran municipality examined as a policy practice. These processes which took place between 2012 to 2018، selected by critical sampling. First of all the processes of policy-making in Tehran's urban management identified and documented. Then، the findings were verified by sharing them with 22 members of the City Council، urban managers، and experts involved in these processes. The results of this study showed that the policy-making in urban management constitutes of problem identification، policy formulation، policy implementation، and evaluation. However، these processes have some constraints and deficiencies which analyzed with the theory of path dependence in public policy and then relevant policy recommendations have been developed.