The Analysis of the Role of Social Capital on Participation in Urban Regeneration Reconstruction Projects (Case Study: Region 12 of Tehran)

 The urban regeneration approach has been addressed in response to the lack of attention to social aspects and, in particular, the participation of citizens in the design of erosion structure and the emphasis on the economic and physical aspects that led to the failure of these plans. Attention to participation as a pillar of urban regeneration has attracted researchers' attention toward effective factors in promoting participation. According to studies, social capital has been considered as an effective component in the level of citizen participation in modernization improvement projects and has turned this component into an important component in the rehabilitation approach. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of social capital in participation in urban regeneration urban regeneration plans. The method used in this paper is descriptive-survey and the statistical population consists of residents of district 12 of Tehran. To test the hypotheses, Pearson correlation method and structural equation modeling have been used. The results of the research show that there is a significant and positive relationship between social capital and participatory indices, and social capital explains 67% of the variance of participatory changes in the plans. The research model has a good fit and a good fit between the structured model and the experimental data is provided.