پوریا پیراسته فر

Cultural geography and urban governance are two vital elements in defining urban identity. An integral part of urban governance is its relationship with society, cultural elements and social identity, which has the ability to adapt to the internal and external environmental changes of the society and benefit from it to achieve the desired goals of urban governance. Therefore, the role of urban governance in promoting the position of cultural geography can be considered by identifying the pattern of relationships between the components of urban governance and cultural geography, and in this thesis, Yazd city has been chosen as a case study of this issue.

This is a descriptive-analytical research with a developmental approach, and the data collection method is library and questionnaire, and the research community is Yazd city. The selection of the statistical population in the quantitative part is a stratified population taking into account individual criteria, work and research experience of people in the field of urban and cultural studies and responsibilities. Qualitative data were collected using the method of content analysis of the seventh document of the development program and document of land use and other library studies, and quantitative data were collected through a questionnaire and using the DEMATEL technique, which is one of the multi-criteria decision-making methods, to identify the pattern. Causal relationships between research variables were used.

Conclusion:

Finally, among the seven key components of urban governance, the most effective factor is security and health, and the most effective factor is the efficiency of urban governance, and using the research findings and analysis of available data, other components were evaluated and ranked. The basis of the component of participation and social justice was also identified according to the experts with the highest rank based on the level of interaction, and the role of urban governance on the position of the cultural geography of Yazd was explained by identifying the relationship pattern of the related components.