The Role Of Interactive Planning In Today's Urban Planning Field As Perceived By Professionals

During the 1960s to 1980s, urban planning changed from a completely elitist and value-free perspective to a value-based and participatory model. interactive planning as one of the most important contemporary heritages of urban planning has received the attention of professionals in this field. The research aims to identify interactive planning factors as perceived by professionals in the contemporary period.

The research method has been done in terms of applied type and with a combined (quantitative-qualitative) method. After extracting the indicators by reviewing the sources, 175 questionnaires were completed by Urban planning professionals. Cronbach's alpha of the data was calculated and then the factor analysis method was implemented.

Cronbach's alpha of the data was 0.930, which indicates the high reliability of the research data for further analysis. The research findings after 10 varimax rotations showed 6 factors with a variance close to 60% (58.63) for extraction.

The results of the research indicate that from the point of view of contemporary urban planning professionals. factors such as contributing citizens, giving them the power of citizenship, transparency, and awareness, supporting institutions, pluralism, a sense of belonging, and The responsibility of citizens have an impact on this type of planning. Therefore, it is suggested that managers, planners, designers, and all factors affecting urban planning pay attention to the mentioned factors in order to promote interaction So that interactive planning (one of the contemporary heritages of urban planning) provides the context for participation and interaction and as a result more effectiveness.