Writing smart city strategies in Iran (Case study: Urmia city)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Elham shokry Ghafarby ¹ ( PH.D Student of Geography and Urban planning, Marand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran )
Alireza Soleimani ² ( Associate Professor of Geography and Urban P planning Department )
Bakhtiar ezatpanah ³ ( Assistant Professor , Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Marand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran )

Received: 2020-07-19 Accepted : 2020-12-21 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: Network Analysis Process (ANP), Urmia city, Smart city, Meta-SWOT,

Abstract :

one of the new concepts to deal with the current challenges of cities in the field of urban planning is the development of smart cities.Therefore, the aim of this study is to writing smart city strategies in Iran with emphasis on Urmia city. The type of research is applied and its research method is descriptive-analytical and the statistical population of this research is 32 professors, specialists and experts in the field of urban planning. The data collection method for examining the components of the smart city was in two forms: documentary (secondary data) and survey (primary data) and the tools used in the survey method were questionnaires and interviews. And for data analysis, network analysis and meta- -swot models have been used. The results of the research show that the criteria of smart people and smart economy with the score of 1 and 0.77 are the highest and the criteria of smart environment and smart life with the score of 0.5 and 0.35 are the least important and effective, respectively on the moving from Urmia to a smart city. The results also show that the development of long-term programs to attract economic participation and specialized human resources (use of human capabilities) and the implementation of various technological programs on the one handAnd investing in information and communication technology infrastructure according to geographical location, industrial and commercial potentials, foreign trade capacities, tourist attraction, academic and research, etc. on the other hand, are the most important strategies in smartening the cityof Urmia

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