An Analysis of the Impact of Creative City Components on Improving the Quality of Urban Life Using GIS (Case Study: Bandar Abbas City)
Subject Areas : Journal of Radar and Optical Remote Sensing and GISMobina Khorami 1 , Hamidreza Joudeki 2 , Yousef Ali Ziari 3
1 - PhD student in Geography and Urban Planning, International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Creative City, Quality of Life, Social Capital, Human Capital, Innovation, Bandar Abbas City.,
Abstract :
Objective: Creative cities have a diverse approach and lead to initiatives in the field of creating an active environment temporarily or in open environments or built spaces. In this case, it provides opportunities to improve the quality of life of the residents of these cities.
Methods: The aim of this research is to investigate the role of creative city components in improving the quality of life in the urban spaces of Bandar Abbas. The type of applied research and its research method are descriptive-analytical. The data collection method is a combination of documentary or library studies as well as field study (questionnaire). The statistical population is 100 thousand people of working age who work or live in the city of Bandar Abbas. The sample size is 384 people based on the Morgan table. In order to analyze the data and prove the relationship between the variables, as well as to formulate strategies, policies and final programs, inferential statistical methods and models such as regression coefficients, variance analysis, and path analysis have been used.
Results: The results of the studies showed that the quality-of-life indicators will improve when the components of the creative city reach one-third of their desired status in the indicators of the desirability of urban spaces, the use of human capital, the use and appreciation of innovations, and the provision of the grounds for the realization of the smart city. In this regard, the results of the regression coefficient indicate that there is a direct and strong correlation between the components of the creative city and the improvement of the quality of life in different areas of Bandar Abbas city.
Conclusion: The components of the creative city, as the input basis for the model, explain 93.2 percent of the changes in the quality of life in this city. The findings regarding the prioritization of the impact of the components of the creative city on the quality of life in Bandar Abbas city showed that social capital is in the first place. In addition, among the components of realizing a creative city in Bandar Abbas, the following are significant with a confidence level of 99%: the components of improving urban spaces (creating interactive spaces, revitalizing and reconstructing individual buildings, and allocating economic activity to buildings, constructing urban facilities and equipment along the routes of economically oriented and people-friendly urban spaces, etc.), innovation, social and human capital, smart city components, and the city's gross income.
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