Abstract:
Smart City regarded as a strategy to reduce the problems generated by urban population growth and rapid urbanization, and this realized in the form of good urban governance with features such as accountability and transparency. The purpose of this study was to present a smart city model in Iran based on good governance factors (case study: Tehran city). The research method in terms of the purpose and implementation was applied and qualitative-quantitative, respectively. The statistical population of the present study in the first stage included academic experts and urban managers aware of urban intelligence and in the second stage (i.e. quantitative) urban managers in different Tehran regions (north, south, east and west). The sample size of the Delphi part consisted of 15 to 20 experts who were available to respond, and in the second stage (i.e., quantitative section), urban managers in different Tehran areas were numbered 100 individuals. In the first part of the research (i.e. qualitative), the available sampling of Delphi was utilized and in the second part (i.e., quantitative) the simple random sampling. The research tools included Delphi questionnaires (interview of experts) and quantitative questionnaires. SPSS and AMOS software were used to analyze the data. In the conducted study, the application of good governance theory differs from one society to another and the only general rule of good governance theory is to employ two mechanisms of accountability and competition to improve governance. The results showed that governance had a positive and effective role in smart city promotion. Furthermore, governance had positive effect on six indicators of smart city, smart people, smart economy, smart transportation, smart governance, smart living and smart environment.
|