Proposing a Model for Improving the Sustainability of the Revenue System and Development Management of Safiabad City

The proper method of implementing sustainable urban development is one of the most important challenges facing urban policy makers and planners, and based on the fact that the demand for public services in cities is increasing while the city halls are suffering from various financial limitations, this challenge is getting more serious by the day. Accordingly, acquiring a sustainable model for financial resources in order to fund the current costs as well as the civil costs of the city is one of the most important factors in urban sustainability since it will provide the possibility of investing in the organization and the structure of the developmental infrastructure of the city. This study is a descriptive analytical study which uses the SWOT model, trying to change weaknesses into strengths and threats into opportunities. In the current study, after evaluating weaknesses and threats present in the urban structure, three models for mitigating these challenges are proposed in order to manage the sustainable development of Safiabad City in Northern Khorasan Province of Iran. The first model makes the revenue structure and urban management of Safiabad City sustainable in mid-term and long-term by focusing on “controlling, reducing, and gradual elimination of unsustainable and unhealthy revenue sources” and “management, improvement, and promotion of sustainable sources”. On the other hand, the second model focuses on presenting new sustainable revenue sources in order to increase the potential of the available sources in the urban structure.