Analysis of indicators and explanation of creative city development strategies (Case study: Shiraz city)

Abstract

As the global population continues to dominate the world, increasing trends and UN projections, city planners, innovators, and urban researchers are increasingly working on new positive innovations to create well-performing, creative, sustainable, and livable cities. Due to the importance of this issue, in the present study, the indicators and strategies for developing a creative city in Shiraz have been explored. The current research is applied-developmental in terms of its objectives; while, the descriptive-analytical survey method was implemented. The required data was obtained through library studies and field studies, and the AHP method was used to analyze the data. The participants include experts and specialists in urban planning, officials, and trustees of relevant organizations and departments in the city of Shiraz. Based on the studies' indicators' results, the range of Hafezieh to Saadieh was in the first rank, the area of Afifabad garden to Eram garden obtained the second rank, Zandieh complex was in the third rank, and Shahcheragh complex has the last rank.