The Role of Urban Governance and Policy Making in Urban Land Use Planning in the Occurrence of Social Anomalies in the City with an Emphasis on Theft (A Case Study of Marand City)

Urban land use is one of the important tools to achieve macro social, economic and physical goals; Not only does it influence the city's investments and decisions, but it also plays an important role in social anomalies and urban security. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of urban land use planning in reducing social anomalies in Marand. The research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of nature and field implementation method. The statistical population of the study is 260 male prisoners in Marand prison. According to the laws and regulations governing prisons across the country, interviews were allowed with 40 people, and the sample size of this study is 40 male prisoners. Also, to achieve the desired results, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated by Cronbach's alpha test as 0.857, which indicates the high reliability of the questionnaires. Data analysis was performed in two parts: descriptive statistics (mean, graph, frequency, etc.) and inferential statistics (one-sample t-test). Findings show that urban land use planning has an effective role in reducing social anomalies in Marand. Residential land use, educational land use, administrative and military land use, have an effective role in reducing social anomalies in Marand. Land use and green space, commercial land use, does not play an effective role in reducing social anomalies in Marand. Therefore, in order to prevent the aggravation of Marand urban crimes, it is suggested that special attention be paid to planning the fair distribution of urban land use space and by monitoring the spaces that are less taken care of and changing their use if necessary and also by taking care of the spaces. Without an owner, he prevented the occurrence of crime in the city of Marand.