The Identification and Analysis of the Strategic Variables Effective on the Future of Yazd Province Through a Structural Analysis Approach

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1 Assistant Professor, National Institute of Population Studies, Tehran, Iran

2 Professor, Faculty of Social Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The intelligent managers of this era of constant changes and instability try to know opportunities, challenges, and variables effective on the system under their management so as to increase the possibility of their success. The managers of Yazd province – as one of the developed provinces of Iran – always try to step in the direction of sustainable growth and development by means of strategic planning, knowledge about the capacities of this province, and the management of the possible future challenges. The study at hand was carried out to attain this objective and to get a clearer image of the future of this province in order to identify the variables that are affective on the future of Yazd province. Moreover, conducting structural analysis through MICMAC method, it was tried to investigate the mutual effects of these variables on each other and identify the key drivers of what might form the future of this province. The important variables effective on the system were identified using library research, virtual space monitoring, surveying citizens, and future-related workshops. Variables were prioritized using importance and lack of certainty criteria. Then, the most important ones were fed into the direct effects matrix, and after completion with Delphi method, they were fed into MICMAC software. The outcome of the software was compared with the results of Dimtel method, and finally, the variables of the performance of organizations, balanced development, performance of land use plan, various types of tourism, and attention to water and environment were identified as the most effective variables in the formation of the future of the province.

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Town and Country Planning
Volume 13, Issue 2
October 2021
Pages 567-586

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  • Receive Date: 27 April 2021
  • Revise Date: 05 September 2021
  • Accept Date: 05 September 2021

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