On the Analysis of the Relationship between Learner City and Creative City in order to Achieve Sustainable City (Case Study: Rasht City)
Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning StudiesShahram AmirEntekhabi 1 , Yasser Gholipoor 2 , Saeid Meisami 3
1 - Assistant Professor, Dep. of Geography & Urban Planning, University of Payamenoor, Rasht, Iran
2 - Young Research & Elite Club, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
3 - M.A in Geography & Urban Planning, University of PayameNoor, Rasht, Iran
Keywords: Rasht, Creative City, Sustainable city, Learner city,
Abstract :
The impact of cities in the national and international arena has increased in recent years and local governments have faced with challenges related to new technology, economy of knowledge, cultural diversity and environmental sustainability. In the same vein, creation of learner cities is undeniable and ideal substrate as a convenient place for lifelong learning and also for citizens' education, respectively. Also, creation of learner cities promises realization of creative cities which provides the participation context of citizens' wisdom based and lifelong knowledge creation by relying on sustainable power of creativity. Therefore, it will be possible to achieve sustainable city, with relying on this interconnectedness and combination of continuous knowledge of learner city and creativity of creative city. The purpose of present study is to investigate the relationship between the indices of learner city and creative city in Rasht city. The methodology and data collection in this study were descriptive, analytical, correlation and also documentation and survey study correspondingly using questionnaire tool. The population in this study consist of offices' experts of Rasht city. In this study, sample size and sampling method were determined 367 members via Morgan's table and also snowball sampling (clustering), respectively. The Spearman's and multiple regression tests were used for the analysis of the hypothesis. Results showed there is a statistically significant relationship between the indices of learner city and creative city in Rasht city (P>0.01). Consequently, it will be possible to achieve the sustainable city by appreciating learning and growing the creativity of citizens.
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International Conference on Learning Cities, Lifelong Learning forall (n.d). Inclusion, Prosperity and sustainability in cities, 21-23 October 2013, Beijing, China.
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Reghenzani-Kearns, D., & Kearns, P. (2012) Lifelong learning in German learning cities/regions. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 52 (2), 336-367.
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Unesco. (2015). UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, Guiding Documents, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), Hamburg, Germany.