Urban Integrated Management Model (Case Study: Rasht, Iran)

The present study aimed to evaluate and analyze urban integrated management model of Rasht and its optimization. The study was applied-basic and its evaluation method was descriptive-analytical. In this study, some assumptions as parallel working in presenting services to the citizens by various offices (e.g. municipality), weak supervision and unsuitable control on execution of regulations and urban rules, dispersion of civil affairs and presenting urban services, confusion of citizens in following up their requests and dissatisfaction of the citizens of the municipality performance were investigated and tested. The results of the investigations showed that some factors as the lack of coordination in urban management, the lack of coordination in division of the city by systems related to urban management, the lack of inclination of the offices in coordinated presentation of services, wastage of human resources and financial resources of the cit y and limitation of the authority of urban management in responding the needs of citizens are the important factors of multi-divisional aspects and the lack of coordinated presentation of services to citizens in Rasht. By SWOT analysis model and the investigation of strengths and weaknesses, threats and opportunities, it was defined that only by government support and the increase of authority and delegating city affairs to municipalities, coordination with urban management in division of city by related systems, formation of coordination council and modification of some parts of rules at a logical period of time, we can reach the integration of urban management in Rasht, otherwise Rasht city observes chaos and serious crises and problems in urban management.