analyzing key factors influencing the planning of a creative city (case study: Urmia)

the purpose of this study, identifying and analyzing the key factors affecting the planning of a creative city with emphasis on Urmia city. Applied research type and in terms of nature, based on new methods, futures studies are analytic and exploratory. The statistical population of this study is 30 professors and experts in the field of urban planning. Data gathering method to explore the components of the creative city (the 10 main criteria are: scale, creative industries, creative class, creativity infrastructure, efficiency and effectiveness, vitality, communication technology, social diversity, social capital, quality of life with 16 sub-criteria and 106 indicators which has been selected based on a thorough review of external and internal resources) in both forms of documentation (secondary data) and survey (initial data) and the tools used in the survey method were questionnaires and interviews. To analyze the data, a combination of expert panel methods, cross-Impact analysis and Mick Mac software have been used. The results of the research and the distribution and dispensation of variables on the dispersion page indicate the system's instability. Based on the results of McMean software, 15 factors, given the fact that they had the most direct and indirect effects, they were selected as key factors. Of the 15 selected key factors, six factors are related to the creative class and three factors related to creativity infrastructure, which has the greatest impact on Urumia's pursuit of creative city realization.