TITLE:
The Geological Study of the Role of Citizens’ Participation in Improvement of Municipal Services and Environment (Case Study: Urban Area of Bagh-e Malek in Khuzestan Province of Iran)
AUTHORS:
Saeed Maleki, Majid Godarzi, Rasol Sarvestan
KEYWORDS:
Geology, Environmental Geology, Participation, Municipal Services, Municipal Environment, Bagh-e Malek
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.6 No.9,
September
28,
2016
ABSTRACT: The
main purpose of the present research is to study geological issues of urban
areas in Bagh-e Malek in Khuzestan province of Iran and improving the municipal
environment. The present research is an applied study in sake of nature and a
descriptive-analytical survey in sake of method. Library and field method has
been used in data collection. In field study, 325 citizens in Bagh-e Malek in
2015 were selected as sample group via sampling method well suited to sample
size using questionnaire of citizens’ participation. Software SPSS and Excel
are used to analyze data. Friedman test has been used to determine rank of each of selected
indices for testing hypotheses and finding research. Results from Friedman test indicate that satisfaction with pedestrian passages has the highest mean with rank (9.90) and
awareness from municipality’s rights has the lowest mean with rank (2.95).