Investigating the Situation of Social Capacity Building in Urban Areas and Its Relationship with Participation in the Reconstruction of Worn-out Texture (Case Study: Yazd's Fahadan Neighborhood)

A large part of the urban in Iranian cities has been affected by physical, economic, and social burnout. This burnout has become a concern for managers. Urban regeneration is one of the effective ways to solve burnout, and one of the ways to promote citizen participation is capacity building. This process involves creating educational opportunities for people through raising awareness, trust and empowering them. The research method is descriptive, and consists of descriptive analysis and one-sample T-test to measure the desirability of the variables and Pearson and Regression correlation have been used for determining the intensity of the relationship between variables. Finding showed that among the components of "Social Capacity Building", only the components of participation and social commitment are at the desired level and other components are in a relatively unfavorable and unfavorable situation. Social capacity building strategies are also in a very unfavorable position. Social participation in urban regeneration are also relatively unfavorable.The variable "Citizen Participation" in regeneration has a good correlation with the variable "Social Capacity" and "Social Capacity Building Strategies". The role of the organizational network in promoting the social capacity of Fahadan is prominent. Promoting the capacity building processes can promote the participation in regenerating this neighborhood. Regression model, the relationship between capacity building strategies and social capacity of Fahdan in the regeneration process was introduced.