Explaining the Components of Coherent Urban Management Pattern in Iranian New Towns

The establishment of new towns in Iran has been begun as one of the main urban development pol- icies to lead the overflow of metropolitan populations, prevent the development of marginalization, environmental pollution, and the adjustment of the new towns have been housing price, and So far, 30 located and 18 towns become operational. Urbanism of new towns in all aspects is prior to urbanization. But the truth is that after three decades, the expectations of experts, people and authorities have not been met and there are critical points. Organizational and institutional complicated relationships and multiple actors with heterogeneous capacities and conflicts about management have faced these expectations with serious challenges. Management of these disputes requires an explanation of the components of a coherent urban management pattern in new towns. This research seeks to identify the components of a coherent urban management pattern in new Iranian towns. The methods of research are qualitative content analysis and Fuzzy Delphi method. As a result, three macro components were identified to explain the integrated urban management model in the new Iranian towns:”Strategic policy making for Sublimity in new towns”, “Development of Management and Organizational Integration” and “Service Development”. For each of these macro components, the micro components and their sub- .categories were also identified