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Received: 2025/05/8 | Accepted: 2025/06/10
Received: 2025/05/8 | Accepted: 2025/06/10
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mirvakili A, Moradi Masihi V. Explaining Institutional and Social Capacity Indicators Emphasizing the Substantive Approach to Urban Development Strategy. GeoRes 2025; 40 (2) :1001-1015
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Aliakbar Mirvakili1, Varaz Moradi Masihi *2
1- Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran ,var.moradi_masihi@iauctb.ac.ir
2- Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran ,
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Aims: One of the modern approaches in urban planning and development is strategic planning, which emphasizes adopting a strategic mindset for shaping the future of cities. Within this framework, the characteristics of institutional and social capacity play a significant role. Accordingly, this study aimed to explain the indicators of institutional and social capacity with an emphasis on the substantive approach to urban development strategy.
Methodology: This explanatory-descriptive research was conducted in Tehran in 2024. The research followed a mixed-methods approach, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative techniques. Data were collected through library studies. In the initial stage, primary indicators were extracted from theoretical sources and urban planning documents and were then organized into a structured questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was assessed and refined through expert judgment using face and content validity methods, and its reliability was confirmed with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.82. The statistical population consisted of 50 urban development experts selected purposively until theoretical saturation was achieved. Data analysis was carried out in two phases using descriptive statistics and Kendall and Friedman tests in SPSS 26.
Findings: The chi-square test yielded significant results, indicating that respondents positively evaluated the proposed indicators. The highest mean scores were related to experiential learning (4.28) and interactive learning (4.26), while the lowest was assigned to collective institutional capacity (4.14). According to the Shannon entropy test, the most important indicators were experiential learning, continuous learning, flexibility, and intra-regional relations, whereas collective institutional capacity received the least weight.
Conclusion: The findings demonstrate that indicators such as learning, interaction, adaptability, and knowledge circulation hold higher importance in assessing institutional and social capacity, while collective structures and physical or human resources are considered lower priorities.
Methodology: This explanatory-descriptive research was conducted in Tehran in 2024. The research followed a mixed-methods approach, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative techniques. Data were collected through library studies. In the initial stage, primary indicators were extracted from theoretical sources and urban planning documents and were then organized into a structured questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was assessed and refined through expert judgment using face and content validity methods, and its reliability was confirmed with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.82. The statistical population consisted of 50 urban development experts selected purposively until theoretical saturation was achieved. Data analysis was carried out in two phases using descriptive statistics and Kendall and Friedman tests in SPSS 26.
Findings: The chi-square test yielded significant results, indicating that respondents positively evaluated the proposed indicators. The highest mean scores were related to experiential learning (4.28) and interactive learning (4.26), while the lowest was assigned to collective institutional capacity (4.14). According to the Shannon entropy test, the most important indicators were experiential learning, continuous learning, flexibility, and intra-regional relations, whereas collective institutional capacity received the least weight.
Conclusion: The findings demonstrate that indicators such as learning, interaction, adaptability, and knowledge circulation hold higher importance in assessing institutional and social capacity, while collective structures and physical or human resources are considered lower priorities.
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