A Qualitative Study of the Relations Between the Stakeholders of the Traffic Plan and Air Pollution Control in Tehran (Case Study of Tehran Grand Bazaar)

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between stakeholders of the traffic plan and air pollution. The research method was qualitative and the study population was all stakeholders of the traffic and air pollution plan in the area of ​​Tehran's Grand Bazaar. To collect the data, we conducted a purposeful sampling method and employed semi-structured interviews with 25 key informants. According to the documents and data, three groups of stakeholders were identified as "definitive, sub-intervening, and intervening". In confronting traffic and air pollution plan, these stakeholders have adopted relations that include: neglect and deviation, compensation and maximization of benefits, commanding and prescriptive view, futuristic participation, active confrontation, indifference and passive spectatorship, persuasion, and satisfaction. According to the results of the present study, the urban policy made the stakeholders obey traffic laws by adopting a similar policy. To reduce the negative relations between the stakeholders and help them participate, it is necessary to revive the neighborhood structure.