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Volume 15, Issue 4 (Winter-In Press 2026)
Disaster Prev. Manag. Know. 2026, 15(4): 5-5 |
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Mir Mohamad Tabar S A. Explaining Citizens' Participation in Urban Affairs Investigating and Explaining Citizen Participatory Behaviors in Improving Urban Safety by Studying the Mashhad Fire and Safety Services Organization. Disaster Prev. Manag. Know. 2026; 15 (4) :5-5
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Department of Sociology, Arak University, Iran
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Background and objective: Today, the issue of safety is one of the most basic needs of human life, and the fire department is first stepping up preventive measures, such as training safety recommendations, to reduce incidents and deal with them at the second stage when incidents occur. Certainly, the participation of the people in accompanying the fire brigade of the organization would be more appropriate in fulfilling its duties. Given the low citizens participation in firefighting activities in the country and the city of Mashhad and the lack of scientific investigation and explanation of this issue, this research seeks to investigate and explain citizen participatory behaviors in improving the level of urban safety by studying the Mashhad Fire Department and Safety Services.
Method: This research has been done survey. The statistical population of the study is citizens of Mashhad, among which 821 were selected as samples from the 13th area. The method of sampling was stratified proportional to the size multi-stage cluster. Data were collected by questionnaire.
Results: The results of the research show that the safety of citizens is high. The intention to participation of about 0.26 on the participatory behaviors in the fire activities has a positive and significant effect. The greatest impact on the intention to participate is related to the variables of subjective norm (beta coefficient=0.46), importance of participation (beta coefficient=0.23) and attitude towards participation (beta coefficient=0.12). The variable of importance of participation has an effect on attitude towards participation (beta coefficient=0.78) and subjective norm (beta coefficient=0.72).
Conclusion: More attention should be paid to the variable of importance of participation in safety and crisis management, due to its impact on the variables of tendency and norm, and then willingness to participate.
Method: This research has been done survey. The statistical population of the study is citizens of Mashhad, among which 821 were selected as samples from the 13th area. The method of sampling was stratified proportional to the size multi-stage cluster. Data were collected by questionnaire.
Results: The results of the research show that the safety of citizens is high. The intention to participation of about 0.26 on the participatory behaviors in the fire activities has a positive and significant effect. The greatest impact on the intention to participate is related to the variables of subjective norm (beta coefficient=0.46), importance of participation (beta coefficient=0.23) and attitude towards participation (beta coefficient=0.12). The variable of importance of participation has an effect on attitude towards participation (beta coefficient=0.78) and subjective norm (beta coefficient=0.72).
Conclusion: More attention should be paid to the variable of importance of participation in safety and crisis management, due to its impact on the variables of tendency and norm, and then willingness to participate.
Keywords: citizen participation, observance of safety principles, intention to participation, subjective norms
Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2025/01/18 | Accepted: 2025/04/26 | ePublished: 2026/03/1
Received: 2025/01/18 | Accepted: 2025/04/26 | ePublished: 2026/03/1
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