Analyzing the Effects of Political Economy of Oil on the Income Structure of Urban Spaces (Case: Municipality of Tehran)

The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of political economy of oil on the income structure of the municipality of Tehran. In order to achieve the research objective, deductive strategy based on quantitative method was used. The statistical population of the study consisted of experts and scientifi c -executive elites corresponding to the title of the research, and using systematic sampling method based on sampling logic, 50 people were selected for the sample. The research indicators were categorized into 4 groups (political economy of oil, political economy of space, spatial developments of city and municipality’s income). As an effect and dependent variable, the urban space structure of Tehran is influenced by independent variables such as political economy of oil, political economy of space and urban income. Smart PLS was used to analyze the data. The results of data analysis showed that among the items explaining the political economy of oil, the items including growth and capital accumulation as well as rent seeking had maximum realization. Also, dominant production method and globalization and economic restructuring were the main priorities in the political economy of space. Among the influential components related to urban income, except for lack of consistency of duties and responsibilities of municipality with financing resources which had minimal realization, other components such as sustainable incomes, taxes and local duties, state assistance share, access to resources of private sector and financial and capital markets, and reform of laws resulting in sustainable income for municipality had the highest impact and effect which should be paid more attention in redefining the income sources for Municipality of Tehran.