Demographic Changes and Challenges for Good Urban Governance (Case Study: Ahvaz City)

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1 Associate Professor of Geography and urban Planning, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz,Ahvaz, Iran.

2 PhD Student of Geography and urban planning at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

Abstract

The rapid growth of the population of Ahvaz has made this city face important challenges in various environmental fields, social deprivation, insecurity, unemployment, lack of housing and traffic, etc., which has faced these governance problems in this city with challenges. Therefore, in the present research, an attempt has been made to prioritize and analyze demographic changes and challenges for good urban governance in Ahvaz city. The method used in this research is descriptive-analytical. In this research, the Dimtel questionnaire tool was used to collect data and the DANP technique was used to prioritize the criteria. All steps have been done using Excel software, which includes 4 criteria and 25 sub-criteria.
The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts. Inconsistency rate was used to measure the reliability of the questionnaire. Since the inconsistency rate of the F matrix is less than 0.1, as a result, the desired matrix, which originates from the opinions of experts, is reliable, and the path can be continued. Finally, the findings of the research showed that socio-cultural challenges, environmental challenges, physical-infrastructural challenges and economic challenges have occupied the first to fourth ranks, respectively. Also, the results of the sub-criteria showed, respectively, the growth of migration, marginalization and informal settlement and population aging with a score of 0.064, the formation of foci of abnormality and social crimes with a score of (0.059) and environmental pollution (air, water and soil) and noise pollution) with a score of 0.057 have taken the first to third place and these indicators can be used in order to realize demographic changes and identify the challenges facing governance. Well, a city in Ahvaz will help a lot.

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Geography and Territorial Spatial Arrangement
Volume 15, Issue 54
March 2025
Pages 33-64

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  • Receive Date: 18 October 2024
  • Revise Date: 23 December 2024
  • Accept Date: 12 January 2025

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