Analysis of the relationship between urban good governance and social justice in urban areas (Case Study: City Ferdowsieh - the city Shahriyar)

An Analysis of the Relationship between Urban Good Governance and Social Justice in Urban Areas (A Case Study of Ferdowsieh in Shahriyar)   Meysam Rezaei*, Lecturer at the Department of Urban Development, Islamic Azad University,Yadegar of Emam Khomeini Shahre rey,Iran AliShamsoddini, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch, Marvdasht, Shiraz, Iran   Abstract The integrated management in urban areas, requires urban managers’ good governance and accomplishing this will create social justice in urban space as well as complete satisfaction in the distribution of services and amenities of urban management in urban areas. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between good governance and social justice in Ferdowsieh located in the Shahriyar using criteria such as participation, equality, effectiveness, accountability, and security as the independent variables among which the most influential one in creating social justice was identified in Ferdowsieh. The research method is descriptive and analytical as well as correlational and comparative. The necessary data were obtained using questionnaires. Statistical population of the study included the 30577 residents of city. Using Cochran, 384 questionnaires were distributed among the participants and the results were analyzed using SPSS statistical software. Pearson correlation test was used to reliability of the questions. The explanation of social justice through an independent variable (urban good governance) was investigated through multiple regression. The results show that urban good governance with a coefficient of 0.712 has a significant correlation with social justice in Ferdowsieh and also with increasing the amount of urban good governance from the viewpoints of the citizens, the social justice in the city will be increased in Ferdowsieh. 41.5 percent of realizing the city's social justice is caused by the independent variables of good governance; moreover the variable with the regression coefficient of 0.497 in Ferdowsieh has the greatest impact on social justice.