اقتصاد و برنامه ریزی شهری

اقتصاد و برنامه ریزی شهری

حکمرانی شهری و چرخۀ معیوب سرمایه انسانی در شهرهای میانی ایران: شواهدی از خرم‌آباد

نوع مقاله : مطالعه موردی

نویسندگان
1 پژوهشگر دورۀ دکتری مدیریت دولتی، دانشکدۀ مدیریت و اقتصاد، دانشگاه لرستان، خرم‌آباد، ایران‌
2 استاد، دانشکدۀ مدیریت و اقتصاد، دانشگاه لرستان، خرم‌آباد، ایران‌
چکیده
ثبت جهانی شهرها فقط موفقیتی نمادین نیست، بلکه می‌تواند همچون «شوک نهادی» کیفیت حکمرانی شهری را بیازماید. این پژوهش چرخۀ «حکمرانی ضعیف ـ فرار سرمایه انسانی» را در خرم‌آباد، شهری میانی با حدود ۴۱۴ هزار نفر، بررسی می‌کند که درۀ پارینه‌سنگی آن در ژوئیه ۲۰۲۵ در فهرست میراث جهانی ثبت شد. شش ماه پس از ثبت، شکاف‌های ظرفیتی مزمن در برنامه‌ریزی راهبردی، هماهنگی بین‌بخشی و منابع پایدار آشکارتر شد. مطالعه با رویکرد کیفی و روش تحلیل مضمون (براون و کلارک) و تحلیل سازوکارمحور انجام گرفت. داده‌ها از ۱۴ مصاحبۀ نیمه‌ساختاریافته با ذی‌نفعان کلیدی مدیریت شهری و میراث فرهنگی گردآوری شده و با اسناد رسمی و مشاهدات میدانی مثلث‌سازی شد. از ۳۸۷ کد اولیه، ۵ مضمون اصلی شکاف ظرفیت استخراج شد: استراتژیک، نهادی، منابع انسانی، مالی ـ فناورانه و سیاسی ـ فرهنگی. یافته‌ها نشان می‌دهد فقدان چشم‌انداز مشترک، پراکندگی نهادی، مهاجرت نیروی متخصص، محدودیت‌های مالی و بی‌ثباتی مدیریتی چرخه‌ای خودتقویت‌شونده میان حکمرانی شهری و سرمایه انسانی پدید آورده که پیامدهای زیست‌محیطی، اجتماعی، اقتصادی و میراثی در پی داشته است. نتایج تأکید می‌کند که ثبت جهانی، بدون ظرفیت نهادی و هماهنگی بین‌بخشی، به‌ جای توسعۀ پایدار می‌تواند چالش‌های مدیریتی را تشدید کند. مدل مفهومی ارائه‌شده چارچوبی برای ارتقای هم‌زمان سرمایه انسانی و کیفیت حکمرانی شهری فراهم می‌سازد.
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عنوان مقاله English

Urban governance and the vicious cycle of human capital in Iran’s intermediate cities: Evidence from Khorramabad

نویسندگان English

AliAsghar Abdeshahi 1
Reza Sepahvand 2
Mohammad Hakkak 2
1 Ph.D. Candidate in Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Economics, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
2 Professor, Faculty of Management and Economics, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
چکیده English

The inscription of cities on the World Heritage List is not merely a symbolic achievement; it can act as an “institutional shock” that tests the quality of urban governance. This study examines the cycle of “weak governance–human capital outflow” in Khorramabad, an intermediate city of approximately 414,000 inhabitants. The city’s Paleolithic Valley was inscribed on the World Heritage List in July 2025. Six months after inscription, chronic capacity gaps in strategic planning, intersectoral coordination, and sustainable resource provision became more visible. The study adopts a qualitative approach, employing thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke) combined with mechanism-based analysis. Data were collected through 14 semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders in urban management and cultural heritage, triangulated with official documents and field observations. From 387 initial codes, five main capacity-gap themes were extracted: Strategic, institutional, human resources, financial–technological, and political–cultural. The findings suggest that the absence of a shared vision, institutional fragmentation, skilled labor migration, financial constraints, and managerial instability have generated a self-reinforcing cycle between urban governance and human capital, leading to environmental, social, economic, and heritage-related consequences. The results emphasize that, in the absence of institutional capacity and intersectoral coordination, World Heritage inscription may intensify governance challenges rather than promote sustainable development. The proposed conceptual model offers a framework for simultaneously enhancing human capital and urban governance quality.

کلیدواژه‌ها English

Institutional shock
sustainable urban development
urban governance
urban management
world heritage management
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دوره 7، شماره 10
در حال انتشار
دی 1405
صفحه 18-30

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