Explaining the Model of the Creative City Approach in the Historical Context of Hamedan

Creative city theory is a new approach whose milestone is the emphasis on creativity and culture in the economy and social capital. Historical contexts, in addition to having the aesthetic and identifying values of cities, are still the livelihood of millions of citizens and are therefore a good place to apply the creative city approach. The present study was conducted to explain the model of the creative city approach in the historical context of the Hamadan city, which has been done by the survey technique and the analytical-interpretive method. Initially, the evaluation indicators of the creative city, which were extracted from reliable sources, were classified into five structures: ‘socio-cultural’, ‘economic’, ‘managerial’, ‘functional-spatial’, and ‘environmental’. Then, the opinions of people and experts were collected through a questionnaire. Next, the data of the questionnaire were entered into SPSS software and with the help of the exploratory factor analysis technique which was applied separately in each of the above structures, the explanatory factors were identified. Then, using the linear multivariate regression analysis technique, the relationship between the extracted factors and the creative city approach in the historical context of Hamadan was assessed. Finally, the indicators of ‘women’s participation in social activities’, ‘the importance of knowledge-based service centers’, ‘historical events of the city’, ‘people's participation in social activities’, ‘the need to use new and knowledge-based technologies’, and ‘supporting urban entrepreneurs’ were identified. The elements have had the greatest impact on the realization of the creative city approach in the historical context of Hamedan.