نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسنده

• لیلا صحرایی چشمه سرده

دانشجوی دکترای شهرسازی، گروه معماری و شهرسازی، واحد بروجرد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، بروجرد، ایران.

چکیده

چکیده:

تاب‌آوری اجتماعی به‌عنوان یکی از ارکان اصلی پایداری شهری، بیانگر ظرفیت جوامع در پیش‌بینی، مواجهه و سازگاری با شوک‌های گوناگون است؛ با این‌حال، در بسیاری از شهرهای میانی ایران، ضعف در سازوکارهای حکمروایی و توزیع نابرابر منابع، تاب‌آوری اجتماعی را با چالش‌های جدی مواجه کرده است. پژوهش حاضر با هدف تحلیل اکتشافی تاب آوری اجتماعی در پیوند با حکمروایی شهری و با تمرکز بر نقش میانجی «اعتماد نهادی» و نقش علّی «عدالت فضایی» در شهر بروجرد انجام شد. سؤال اصلی این است که حکمروایی شهری چگونه از طریق متغیرهای مذکور بر تاب‌آوری اجتماعی تأثیر می‌گذارد؟ بدین منظور، از رویکرد ترکیبی (اکتشافی متوالی) استفاده شد. در فاز کیفی، با انجام ۴۰ مصاحبه عمیق نیمه‌ساختاریافته با خبرگان حوزه‌های شهرسازی و مدیریت شهری، مؤلفه‌های کلیدی شناسایی و مدل مفهومی استخراج گردید. در فاز کمی، با بهره‌گیری از روش نمونه‌گیری خوشه‌ای چندمرحله‌ای، اطلاعات از ۳۸۴ نفر از شهروندان گردآوری شد. تحلیل داده‌ها با استفاده از مدل‌سازی معادلات ساختاری صورت گرفت. نتایج شاخص‌های برازش، حاکی از مطلوبیت مدل (RMSEA=0.053،0.91 GFI=0.92 CFI=)است. یافته‌ها نشان می‌دهد که کیفیت حکمروایی شهری تأثیر مستقیم و مثبت بر تاب‌آوری اجتماعی دارد، اما بخش عمده‌ای از این اثرگذاری، به‌صورت غیرمستقیم و از طریق عدالت فضایی و اعتماد نهادی اعمال می‌شود. عدالت فضایی با کاهش نابرابری‌های ادراک‌شده، زمینه‌ساز شکل‌گیری اعتماد شهروندان به نهادهای شهری است و این اعتماد نهادی، به‌عنوان متغیر میانجی، نقش کلیدی در تبدیل کیفیت حکمروایی به ظرفیت‌های عملیاتی تاب‌آوری اجتماعی ایفا می‌کند. نتایج این پژوهش بر اهمیت ارتقای شفافیت، پاسخگویی نهادی و توزیع عادلانه خدمات به‌عنوان پیش‌شرط‌های اصلی تاب‌آوری اجتماعی تأکید دارد. یافته‌های پژوهش ضمن اثبات فرضیات، الگویی بومی برای سیاست‌گذاری در شهرهای میانی ارائه می‌دهد که می‌تواند ابزاری مؤثر در دست مدیران شهری برای کاهش آسیب‌پذیری و افزایش انطباق‌پذیری در برابر بحران‌های آینده باشد.



واژگان کلیدی: تاب‌آوری اجتماعی، اعتماد نهادی، عدالت فضایی، شبکه‌های محله‌ای، شهر بروجرد

کلیدواژه‌ها

• تاب‌آوری اجتماعی
• اعتماد نهادی
• عدالت فضایی
• شبکه‌های محله‌ای
• شهر بروجرد

موضوعات

• مدیریت شهری

عنوان مقاله [English]

Exploring the Linkage between Social Resilience and Urban Governance: A Mixed-Methods Study in Borujerd, Iran

نویسنده [English]

• leila sahraei cheshmehsardeh

-Ph.D. Student in Urban Planning, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran.

چکیده [English]

Qualitative Analysis of the Mechanisms Shaping Social Resilience in Relation to Urban Governance in the Context of Borujerd

Leila Sahraei Cheshmeh Sarde¹, Alireza Sheikh al-Islami²*, Ahmad Pourahmad³, Hassan Piriaei⁴

Extendedabstract

Introduction

In recent years, social resilience has emerged as a critical component of sustainable urban development, particularly in cities facing increasing social, economic, and spatial pressures. Medium-sized cities in Iran, such as Borujerd, experience compounded challenges related to unequal access to urban services, weakened institutional trust, and limited citizen participation in decision-making processes. These challenges undermine the capacity of local communities to adapt to, recover from, and collectively respond to urban stresses and disruptions.

Urban governance plays a decisive role in shaping social resilience through institutional arrangements, decision-making mechanisms, and the quality of interactions between citizens and public institutions. In particular, spatial justice and institutional trust have been identified as key determinants influencing citizens’ perceptions of fairness, legitimacy, and responsiveness of urban management. Despite growing scholarly attention to social resilience, the mechanisms through which urban governance contributes to resilience—especially in the Iranian urban context—remain insufficiently explored. This study addresses this gap by analyzing the causal mechanisms linking urban governance to social resilience, with a specific focus on spatial justice as a causal driver and institutional trust as a mediating variable in the city of Borujerd.

Theoretical Framework

The theoretical foundation of this study integrates concepts from social resilience, urban governance, and spatial justice. Social resilience is conceptualized as a multidimensional capacity rooted in social capital, trust, collective learning, and institutional embeddedness. From a governance perspective, “good urban governance” emphasizes participation, transparency, accountability, and equity in urban decision-making processes.

Spatial justice serves as a critical causal mechanism through which governance quality becomes socially perceptible. Equitable distribution of urban services, infrastructure, and public spaces shapes citizens’ everyday experiences and directly influences their trust in urban institutions. Institutional trust, in turn, functions as a mediating mechanism that transforms governance practices into collective adaptive capacity. Accordingly, the study proposes a causal pathway in which urban governance influences social resilience primarily through spatial justice and institutional trust, rather than through direct effects alone.

Methodology

This research adopts a sequential exploratory mixed-methods design (qualitative → quantitative) with an applied research orientation. In the qualitative phase, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 40 experts, including urban planners, municipal managers, sociologists, local activists, and community representatives in Borujerd. The qualitative data were analyzed using thematic content analysis, leading to the identification of key constructs and the development of a context-sensitive conceptual model.

Based on the qualitative findings, a researcher-designed questionnaire was developed for the quantitative phase. Data were collected from 384 residents of Borujerd using multi-stage cluster sampling to ensure spatial representation across different urban zones. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed to test the proposed model using AMOS software.

Measurement validity and reliability were confirmed through multiple indicators. Convergent validity was verified with a Content Validity Ratio (CVR = 0.81), and internal consistency reliability was confirmed with a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.92. Sampling adequacy was supported by a Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) value of 0.89. Model fit indices demonstrated satisfactory fit (RMSEA = 0.053, GFI = 0.91, AGFI = 0.87).

Results and Discussion

The results indicate that urban governance has a positive and statistically significant effect on social resilience in Borujerd. However, this effect is substantially strengthened through indirect pathways. Spatial justice emerged as a strong causal mechanism linking governance quality to institutional trust, while institutional trust played a decisive mediating role in enhancing social resilience.

The findings confirm that citizens’ perceptions of fair distribution of services and opportunities are foundational to building trust in urban institutions. Governance practices that fail to address spatial inequalities weaken institutional legitimacy and, consequently, reduce social resilience capacity. Conversely, governance that prioritizes equitable access, transparency, and accountability fosters trust, collective engagement, and adaptive capacity at the neighborhood level.

These results highlight the importance of indirect governance mechanisms and suggest that resilience-oriented urban management must move beyond formal administrative efficiency toward socially embedded and distributive governance practices.

Conclusion

This study demonstrates that social resilience in Borujerd is not merely an outcome of economic or physical conditions but is fundamentally shaped by governance-related social mechanisms. Spatial justice functions as a causal driver, and institutional trust acts as a key mediating mechanism through which urban governance influences social resilience. The proposed model offers a context-specific framework for understanding resilience in medium-sized Iranian cities and underscores the need for participatory, transparent, and equity-oriented governance approaches to enhance urban resilience.

Keywords

Social Resilience; Institutional Trust; Spatial Justice; Neighborhood Networks; Borujerd

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

• Social Resilience
• Institutional Trust
• Spatial Justice
• Neighborhood Networks
• Borujerd