Integrating Metropolitan Cultural Policy Indicators

The purpose of this research is to design an integrated model of cultural policymaking indicators of municipalities in the metropolises of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The methodology of the research is combinatory. This research, through Structural Interpretative Analysis (ISM), seeks to design a model based on classification and categorizing variables related to cultural policy in Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz municipality.Accordingly, the qualitative section is based on the identification of factors related to cultural policy through the examination of theoretical foundations and the analysis of the subject with the participation of 21 expert panel members; And a small part through structuring a structural self-constructed matrix into structural and interpretive modeling. In this section, 15 senior managers of Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz municipalities participated. According to the results of the research, the most important factors are the explanation of cultural policy, religious identity, revolutionary identity and cultural interactions; These factors are indicators of strengthening the cultural identity of citizens and managing cultural change in the results of the analysis of the subject. Also, the highest level and the least effective factor in explaining cultural policy, urban health factors, ethics and citizenship behavior, quasi-mysticism and constructive laws are indicators of lifestyle improvement and management of cultural change.