Evaluation and Analysis of Citizens' Participation in Beautification of the Thoroughfares of Tehran Metropolis

Urban beautification is the conscious use in the field of urban furniture, art volumes and environmental graphics in urban spaces that soften and improve the quality of the urban environment; On the other hand, the participation of citizens in beautifying the city thorough fares has created beautiful works in the city and has resulted in more satisfaction from them. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the role of citizen participation in beautification of urban thoroughfares in the 11th district of Tehran, which means descriptive-analytical method and field survey. The study populations in this study are residents of District 11 of Tehran. Using the Cocker method, 207 citizens and 70 city managers were selected and a questionnaire was randomly distributed among them. The results obtained from the non-parametric Chi-Square test show a significant correlation at the level of 1% that the participation of citizens in beautifying urban thoroughfares is at a moderate level. The Whitney Mann test was also used to observe the views of citizens and city managers at the level of citizens' duties. The results at a significance level of 1% show the difference between the views of citizens and city managers.