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Introduction Urbanization and the increase in the population of cities and, accordingly, the development of small and large cities, are the characteristics of the present era, and urbanization is a dominant phenomenon in all developing countries (Barai et al, 2019). This rapid increase has left a lot of problems for policy makers and city managers in different countries (Abdi et al, 2019). Among the problems of the excessive growth of today s cities are high population density, lack of suitable living facilities, lack of primary infrastructure services, polluted and unsanitary environment, and a high percentage of illiteracy, unemployment, crime and mental disorders are observed in such places (Beckley, 2015); Therefore, the existence of a new and dynamic management system is absolutely necessary and vital. In fact, new patterns of life in society require innovative processes and creativity in urban management (De Guimaraes et al. 2020). During the last few decades, various approaches have been proposed in the field of urban management, of which good urban governance is one of the most prominent ones (Jones, 2019). The governance of the current top_x0002_down principles of the government challenges the global governance and focuses on the local role to make the urban governance responsive to the needs of the people (Koeosteleva and Flockhart, 2020). Urban governance has been in the spotlight following the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in September 2015 (Pieterse, 2017). Governance is a complex term that indirectly tends to lead us from the original and centralized view of governance to network_x0002_based participatory policy-making (Lyall and Tait, 2019). The simple definition of urban governance is the quality of relations between the government and citizens (Cruz, 2018). But despite the rise and development of governance systems in different countries in recent decades, but in Iran; Due to the lack of a democratic and participatory democratic system, it has been involved in increasing challenges and a vicious cycle of inefficiencies. Meanwhile, the city of Shirvan also has such a situation, and due to its structural weakness, it is more necessary to pay attention to the issues of optimal urban governance. Therefore, in this research, the situation of indicators of optimal urban governance in Shirvan city has been examined. Research Methodology. The analysis approach in this research is based on prospective governance in the direction of sustainable development in big cities like Shirvan, and according to this approach, the influential factors and drivers and possible future scenarios of governance in medium cities will be explained. The nature of the research is descriptive-analytical-exploratory and the data collection approach is interactive-expert-oriented. The method of data analysis is quantitative-qualitative (mixed sales) and according to the objectives of the research, it can be said that this research is considered practical in terms of its purpose. Measuring the impact of urban governance dimensions in Shirvan city (one-sample T) In this research, for the T test, the mean of the sample is compared with the value (3) which is considered as the average value. If any of the research indicators is less than the value of 3 and has a significant difference with this determined value, it indicates that that dimension has a less than normal effect on the urban governance in the studied area. Eight indicators of participation, accountability, responsibility, rule of law, justice and equality, transparency, central consensus, and efficiency and effectiveness have been used to evaluate the factors affecting urban governance in Shirvan. One-Sample Test was used to check the impact of each dimension on urban governance, the results of which are shown in Table No. 1. Conclusion and suggestion As a result of the changes and transformations that have taken place in the past few decades, the urban population in Iran has grown to a large extent, and therefore, urban management is considered a very important factor in the urban life of Iranian cities. In this research, the dimensions of desirable urban governance in the form of 8 dimensions have been investigated in Shirvan city. The results of the research show that among the dimensions of desirable urban governance that were examined out of 8 dimensions, 3 dimensions of effectiveness and efficiency with an average score of 3.88, transparency with an average score of 3.47 and participatory dimension with an average score of 3.22 in the first to third categories have an impact on They are located in the city of Shirvan. In general, what can be said in relation to the proper urban governance process in Shirvan city is that the problem of urban governance due to its importation (taken from foreign ideas) does not fit well with the urban management structure of Iran because Due to the closed and top-down structure of Iran s planning system, as well as the multiplicity of power players in the structure of Iranian cities, the municipal institution, which is recognized as the most important administrative system responsible for urban governance, actually has very limited executive power. In other words, in the atmosphere of Shirvan city, there are various power players such as the governor, military and security institutions, religious institutions, influential groups and urban capitalists, as well as the lack of coordination of other administrative and service institutions in Iranian cities, especially in Shirvan city. with the municipal body, and on the other hand, due to the special conditions of budgeting to the municipal body, it has caused this body to change the land use in the city level by using the article 100 commission of the municipality, and the result of this work is the destruction of the foundations Natural and urban green spaces
