Challenges of urban management from the perspective of global research

Cities face a number of problems, including environmental problems including environmental pollution; worn-out infrastructure, and social problems (poverty, crime, and violence) that result from overcrowding. hence, the main challenge for city managers is to make cities attractive to livable citizens and economically attractive to investors. Therefore, creating a balance between social and economic development in order to attract investors, create a suitable workforce and jobs and improve the quality of life (infrastructure, housing, services, etc.) is at the forefront. On the other hand, in connection with the spiritual and moral dimensions in the city, the theory of universal ethics has been proposed. Although the concept of global ethics is generally discussed, but in urban research, the role of spirituality and ethics in architecture, urban design and built environments has been paid more attention, and the role of this concept in urban management has been neglected. The purpose of this study is to find the challenges of urban management in the world. In this chapter, 12 English q1 articles, 16 English books from reputable publications, 5 Persian books, an article and two Iranian research projects have been studied and after analyzing and extracting related challenges Finally, a table is presented to the urban management, which shows that one of the main challenges of urban management is the problems caused by population growth and urbanization, lack of governance and the use of social participation in the urban management process. Global and its context in the quality of urban management and governance has received less attention.