Explanation and analysis of the solutions of increase public participation in organization and renovation the exhausted texture by social capital approach (Case study: Sanandaj city)

In order to attract public participation and reinforce social capital in urban plans, we need to create a participatory planning system. In other words, it is only in the case of public participation that plans and actions will be planned based on the real needs of the people; and because the people themselves design them, they will be sustainable. Achieving this will require the assessment of social capital strategies of public participation in the renovation of exhausted texture. The exhausted texture of the Sanandaj city in the central part of the city, by containing several historical elements and the presence of the main orders of activity and market within itself as the heart of the city, is the focus of the programs of organization and renovation of the exhausted texture.The main purpose of this research is to analyze the strategies of public participation in the renovation of the exhausted texture with the approach of social capital. The method of this descriptive-analytic study is qualitative based on the type of data and variables.The statistical population consisted of 385citizens and residents randomly.The gathered data were collected by SPSS software using questionnaires.Then, one-sample T-test and Pearson correlation test were used to analyze the research questions and hypotheses.Therefore, in studying the research hypotheses, we can conclude that the participatory and functionalist model according to social participation, social cohesion, residents' tendency to participate, the investor groups’ tendency to participate, the tendency to continue residing, persistence amount, is important. Moreover, justifies functionalism and public participation criteria.