1- Islamic Azad University, North Tehran branch
2- Islamic Azad University, North Tehran branch , y.mohammadi@ujsas.ac.ir
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Purpose: Smart governance is an inevitable choice for dealing with the complex social environment in the modern era, which can enable optimal use of the capacities of all departments of Tehran Municipality in a crisis situation. Therefore, the present study aimed to formulate the principles of optimal smart governance in urban management.
Methodology: In terms of objective, the present study is of the type of applied research and in terms of type, it is of the type of qualitative research with a semi-structured interview tool. Participants included experts (university professors familiar with municipality and smart governance topics who have published articles in these fields, and senior managers of Tehran Municipality familiar with smart governance topics, who were selected to theoretical saturation. To obtain the validity and reliability of the data, two methods of participant review and the approach of Brown and Clark (2007) were used in the research.
Findings: The results showed that the network of themes of the principles of smart governance in urban management includes smart efficiency, smart participation, transparency based on communication technology, rule of law, smart accountability, and smart justice. Then, the model of smart governance principles in urban management was drawn.
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Public Administration Approches Received: Oct 21 2024 | Accepted: Apr 27 2025