BEPLS Vol 4 [5] April 2015 31 | P age ©2015 AELS, INDIA Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences Bull. Env.Pharmacol. Life Sci., Vol 4 [5] April 2015: 31-39 ©2014 Academy for Environment and Life Sciences, India Online ISSN 2277-1808 Journal’s URL:http://www.bepls.com CODEN: BEPLAD Global Impact Factor 0.533 Universal Impact Factor 0.9804 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Feasibility of New Public Management (NPM) in Urban Management (Case Study: Municipality of Miandoab) Ali Sanaei 1 , Gholamreza Latifi 2 , Samad Narimani 3 , Hajar Arab Saadi 4 , Fateme Emami 5 1-Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Engineering, Miandoab branch, Islamic Azad University, Miandoab, Iran. 2-Department of Social Science, Faculty of Social planning, Associate professor of allame tabatabaee University, Tehran, Iran. 3-Department of Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran. Department of Urban Management, Faculty of management, Nooretouba University, Tehran, Iran. 4-Department of Urban Design, Faculty of Art And Architecture, Science And Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. ABSTRACT New Public Management seeks to find that how appropriate management can organize services and provide to people. In fact, the main purpose of this study is to introduce and implement the new public management in urban management. The methodology used is practical analytic and descriptive. The findings indicate that application of New Public Management in city management is faced with serious challenges because of the concentrated administrative state structure of Iran. The results suggest that new public management can influence the urban management effectively and considerably and its application can promote the performance of urban management. Keywords: new public management, urban management, good management, organization of municipal services Received 09.11.2014 Revised 11.12.2014 Accepted 05.02.2015 INTRODUCTION Rapid growth of urbanization and urbanism in recent decades has caused serious problems in the management of urban areas. Currently more than 60 million people annually are added to the urban population; this number equals to the total population of England or France. According to UN estimates, as the number of citizen increases twice between 2000 and 2025, the world's urban population is expected to rise from 47% to over 61% . In the UK, around 98% of the total population are urban dwellers. According to the report of Statistical Center of Iran in 2006, 64.4% of the Iranian population are urban dwellers, while this figure was 50% in 1986. In order to control urban population and coordinate urban utilities, therefore, the need for a comprehensive, integrated management is felt as well. Before World War II, urban management was strict and instructive in developing countries; after World War II, and after the transition from modernism, flexible and creative management was set into the agenda. Despite the high percentage of urban population in developed countries, urban management seems to be reasonably successful in providing municipal services to citizens. Unfortunately, the urban management system of developing countries is facing serious problems and failure to provide appropriate services to citizens because of the centralized structure of government and the lack of transparent, efficient and flexible rules in the field of urban management as well as the assignment of limited responsibilities to municipalities. Exercised authority over all sectors and geographic territory of the country, severe judiciary controls, administrative, financial and political paper works in the bureaucracy, emphasis on instructions rather than on results are the damaging effects of policies on urban management. Urban management operates optimally when its local structure of the hierarchy is bottom-up. For this purpose, different types of public managements can be used. Meanwhile, new public management (NPM) is a managerial approach which was developed in 1980 followed by new intellectual frameworks in the field