Passing through the traditional models of management in organizations to the knowledge and technology based models, participatory management is developing every day aimed to attract the individual and group participations and enhancing the organization performance using people, time and working style. One of the active and dynamic parts are the urban green spaces which have deep effect on the quality and sustainability of life. Therefore, in order to enhance the urban green spaces both qualitatively and quantitatively, the presence of the citizens as the users and meanwhile the real protectors of the urban green spaces and parks has a key and deterministic role in this regard. Today, the mechanism of urban green space management is a very crucial and important issue and in order to have a proper development and maintenance of the urban green spaces is to have correct plans and strategies which led the planners, managers and officials toward designing the participatory management system. The present study, in addition to emphasizing on the role of urban green spaces and parks (in various scales) and the place of green space and park management, tries to provide a proper conceptual model for participatory management of urban green spaces of Quchan using a descriptive-analytical method and step toward creating close interaction and participation between urban management and the citizens, enhancing the inter-organizational interactions and filling the scientific research gaps in participatory management.

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