Analyzing the Status of Sustainable Municipal Revenues in Shahrkord Using Structural Modeling

جغرافیا و توسعه فضای شهری

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 04 November 2024   

Document Type: Scientific-Research

DOI: 10.22067/jgusd.2024.87428.1406

Authors

arab arab^{* 1}; brat ali Khakpour²; Massoumeh Nazari³; Sara Alizadeh Moradi⁴

¹ferdiwdi university of mashhad

²Mashhad Ferdowsi University

³Tabriz University

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Abstract

Municipal revenues are typically generated from sources such as taxes, fees and charges for services, economic income from industries and businesses, and various credits and loans. Identifying and designing sustainable revenues as a backing for the realization of urban development plans is essential.

Municipalities' access to desirable and stable revenue sources allows them to play a more active role in the urban structure. The present study is descriptive-analytical in nature. The statistical population of this research consists of all managers, officials, and experts of Shahrkord Municipality. In this context, 50 questionnaires with a Likert scale were distributed among the respondents. The reliability of the research tool was estimated using Cronbach's alpha to be 840/0, indicating the desirability of the questionnaire. For descriptive and inferential data analysis, the T-Test statistical test was used in the SPSS software, and for explaining and modeling the effects, structural equation modeling was used in the AMOS software. The results of the one-sample T-test of the research showed that the status of all dimensions of municipal revenues in the study area with an average of 30/2 are not in an acceptable situation. Analysis of the findings resulting from structural equation modeling indicates that the regression weight value of the RMSEA index is equal to (65/0), which indicates the desirability of the model. Also, the general analysis of the model showed that the variable of revenue from building permits has the highest factor load with a regression weight of (96/0), and the lowest factor load belongs to the dimension of revenue from donations and gifts to the municipality with a factor load of (35/0).

Keywords

sources of income; municipality; sustainable income; modeling; Shahrekord

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