mpact of smart and sustainable city on quality of life in Yazd city

Quality of life is one of the most important issues in today's world that has led to urban planning to look for new and applicable indicators to improve the quality of life. To address this, solutions such as Smart City and Sustainable City target the human and improve the quality of life. The present study, conducted in collaboration with Yazd Municipality, considering the importance of urban optimization and productivity and considering the relative vacuum of such research in evaluating programs, with the aim of examining all three factors of smart city, sustainable city and quality of life and impacts. Together, in accordance with the native conditions of Yazd city for the first time, they seek to determine indicators appropriate to Yazd city as a solution to achieve quality of life. By examining the literature on different topics and perspectives on smart city, sustainable city and global quality of life and experiences, the selected indicators in each field were identified for Yazd. Then, by surveying the opinions of experts and urban experts through a researcher made questionnaire and analyzed by structural equation method with PLS3 Smart software. The results indicate a positive and significant impact of smart city on sustainable city and quality of life promotion as well as a positive and significant effect of sustainable city on quality of life in Yazd.