A Pattern for Urban Development Integrated Management System by Urban Planning Approach (case study: Bandar Abbas)

Due to economic growth and demographic expansion in cities, they face a multitude of challenges. As challenges arise, there is a need for an integrated urban management approach to managing public affairs in cities. This approach will provide a holistic solution to the problems faced by cities. Economic growth has led to social, environmental, and societal changes in cities. To solve these problems, new tools, technologies, and policies are required to coordinate and integrate environmental, economic, and social factors related to urban areas to study and manage the growth and changes of these areas and solve potential problems. The present study aimed to investigate the current integrated urban development management system model from the perspective of urban planning in Bandar Abbas using a Descriptive-Analytical Methodology. The data of this research were collected from various sources (library, documentary, electronic, and field sources). The sample size was estimated to be 40, and the samples included urban planning experts based out of Bandar Abbas and Tehran. The qualitative results are analyzed using SWOT analysis. According to the results, 14 various factors were identified as strengths, 38 factors as weaknesses, 9 factors as opportunities, and 20 factors as threats. Moreover, the most important strength was citizens increasing expectations of the municipality to provide services . The most important weakness was the lack of awareness of citizens about citizenship rights and municipalities duties . The most important opportunity was the possibility of using medical, etc. potentials in western neighboring countries . The most important threat was the influence of ethnic subcultures on the city and cultural conflicts . According to this analysis, the most important priority is to develop and institutionalize good urban management practices and to move towards integrated urban development management.