Explaining the Effectiveness of the Membership of the Creative Cities Network on Sustainable Urban Development

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Mohammadreza Alizadeh ¹ , Hidar Lotfi ²

1 - Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar Branch, Iran
2 - Assistant Prof of Human Geography in Islamic Azad University of Garmsar

Received: 2018-12-02 Accepted : 2019-11-04 Published : 2019-11-22

Keywords: Sustainable Development, Rasht City, Creative City,

Abstract :

Introduction Cities are always the centers of innovation, innovation and creativity. Richard Flouride believes that cities are in the midst of creativity, which have always been the wheels of movement, focus, and guidance of human creative energy. The quality of life in the city is directly affected by the kind of look at urban issues. Urban creativity as a strategic approach can affect the quality of living in the cityMethodology The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of membership on the network of UNESCO cities and its impact on sustainable urban development in Iran. Case study was carried out in Rasht. The present study was carried out using a researcher-made questionnaire with a sample size of 384 people in the city of Udan, Rasht, in 1397. A simple random sampling was done. In this research, the instrument used includes a researcher-made creative city questionnaire with three components (economic, social, cultural) and sustainable urban development with three components (economic, social, cultural, and environmental). SPSS is used to analyze the data.Results and discussion The research findings showed that the creative city has been effective in sustainable development of Rasht. As the social and economic components of the creative city change, the sustainable development of Rasht's urban development varies as much. Also, the findings showed that the economic component of the creative city is more important among the components of the creative city regarding the impact on sustainable urban development in Rasht city.

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