People's contribution toward renovation to rundown urban areas

Undoubtedly, people’s participation is a contributing factor in the process of urban renewal. Rehabilitation and improvement to run-down urban areas will not be entirely possible if residents of such areas are not engaged or even involved in decision-making processes and executive affairs by creating trust and reliance. Hereupon, increasing rate of exhaustion and lack of quality in the urban areas- central part of Khalkhal City in particularleads into migration of well-off locals and being replaced by less well-off
people. Thus taking public contribution into consideration shall play a crucial role in fixing dilapidated urban areas. Given the issues raised, this article tries to find out the amount of citizen’s participation in restored central areas of Khalkhal City and the efficiency of this contribution in enhancement of quality and stability of studied areas through utilizing
different methods of research and study such as documentary, observational, interviewing and data analysis. Based on study results, taking people’s participation in the process of urban renewal into account, will have a conclusive importance in succession of amelioration projects.