Enhancing Quality of Life by Using ICT Potential in Making e-Democracy in Tehran-Iran

In our modern network world, ICT acts as a connecting and integrating mechanism. This perspective is based on enhancing quality of urban life through the development of e-Democracy, in tune with the logic of the Information Society and conceptually reflects the utilization of technology to increase participation in government. In the following research, various factors that support and deter the practices of electronic democracy in Tehran, which have direct influences on quality of urban life, are examined. Chief administrative officers and citizens were surveyed on their views about how ICT may affect quality of life, with specific focus on the function of e-Democracy. Findings will provide a position from which experiences and trends will be gauged and that the solicited proposals will be elaborated. Keeping this in mind, ICT practices in Tehran will be examined through some of their relevant actors.

Keywords:

Quality of Life , ICT , E-democracy , E-Governance