Structural analysis of barriers to community-based Enabling in informal settlements (Case study: Ban Barze neighborhood in Ilam city)

The informal settlement phenomenon is a structural-functional problem in urban management, especially in developing countries. Several factors, such as economic, social, and physical causes, contribute to this problem. Some emphasize social factors as capacity building and empowerment of neighborhoods. This article analyzes the main factors and obstacles in the structural empowerment of informal settlement in Ban Barz neighborhood of Ilam city by descriptive-analytical method. In order to collect information, field and library studies were used and in this regard, 38 indicators were extracted in four areas of education, partnership, institutionalization and institutional synergy for analyzing the structural barriers. To analyze the data, goodness-of-fit test, factor analysis and interactive / structural analytical model have been used with SPSS and Mic Mac software. The results showed that Ban Barz neighborhood follows a stable system. 41 percent of Ban Barz empowerment can be explained through the components of capacity building, institutional co-operation, education and participation. Meanwhile, the "Capacity" component with a specific value of 28.92 had the highest variance (22.893), with the largest share in explaining the social enabling of the Ban Barz neighborhood. Based on the interactive / structural analysis method, the security (4064843), trust (4809443), long process of administrative preparation and execution of plans (4957464), and training of the youth (4814855) are the most important barriers to informal settlement enabling. As a result, in order to enable informal settlements, Security development, training residents and accelerating the implementation of civil and social projects in the neighborhood of Ban Baz Ilam is essential.