Geography and Human Relationships

Geography and Human Relationships

Measuring Creative City Indicators in Urban Regions of Ahvaz Metropolitan

Document Type : Original Article

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1 MSc Student in Geography and Urban Planning, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
2 Professor Department of Geography & Urban Planning, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran
10.22034/gahr.2025.532255.2526
Abstract
Creative city has been proposed as a strategic method in the field of thinking, planning and implementing urban plans. Given the profound changes that are taking place in the city environment, the creativity of officials, business owners, and city residents is a very vital factor in solving many of the city's problems. This research was conducted with the aim of ranking the regions of Ahvaz in terms of having creative city indicators. The research method was based on a descriptive-analytical approach. According to the research conducted on the creative city, the status of the eight regions of Ahvaz in terms of having creative city indicators is not the same and there are many gaps between the regions. Analysis of the findings shows that the urban space vitality index with a weight of 0.384 and the participation index with a weight of 0.070 have the highest and lowest value and priority among the research indicators, respectively. Among the eight regions of Ahvaz, regions two and three have the first and second ranks, and region six with a score of 0.394 is in an unfavorable situation in terms of the level of enjoying the creative city indicators and is known as the most deprived region among the regions.
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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 12 July 2025

  • Receive Date 02 July 2025
  • Accept Date 11 July 2025