Identifying the Strategic Drivers Affecting Poverty to Empower the Inefficient Oil Contexts of Abadan City (Iran) with a Foresight Approach in the Horizon 2041 (H2041) (1420-Solar Year)

Abstract

The reduction of urban poverty in Abadan city will not be realized without the approach of empowerment and recognition of opportunities and threats of this path in the future. The purpose of this research is to identify the strategic drivers for basic planning to empower the poor residents of the inefficient oil fields of Shahr Abadan in 2041. The research method is strategic foresight. The techniques and software used are: environmental survey, analysis Cross effects, expert opinions, Micmac software. The variables in economic and social factors sectors have had the greatest impact on the formation system of poverty empowerment in the depressed areas of Abadan city, and the physical and managerial dimensions have had the least impact. Strategic drivers include improving the human capital of the poor, formulating national strategies to reduce urban poverty, institutionalizing social participation, reducing inflation, reducing corruption, government investment in poverty reduction, and investment in housing.

Keywords

• empowerment
• inefficient context
• strategic foresight