Identification of drivers effective on the realization of strategic planning in the urban planning structure(case study of Isfahan city)

Today, the need to examine the future in the framework of future research models and with a strategic planning approach is critical. In terms of the present article's purpose and the descriptive-analytical research method, it is in line to identify and analyze the explanatory drivers of strategic planning in Isfahan. Targeted documentary and Delphi methods were used to identify conceptual indicators. The sample size is experts and specialists related to the research topic (30 people), who were selected from among 100 experts, city managers, and university professors (statistical community). The current research has analyzed the strategic planning components of Isfahan city by using the cross-effects analysis technique, one of the standard and accepted forecasting methods, and the Micmac program. For this purpose, all the factors involved in strategic planning were analyzed and investigated by studying the documents using the Delphi method;39 components in 4 areas (physical, cultural-social, institutional-management, structural-process) were used as indicators. Strategic planning methods were extracted. Among the 39 mentioned factors, after examining how and how much these factors affect each other on the future state of Isfahan city with direct and indirect methods, ten key factors play the most role in the future state of strategic planning of Isfahan metropolis were chosen. The results show that the evaluation and application of strategic planning in the city of Isfahan requires a comprehensive and multifaceted view because The realization of strategic planning in this city is related to the solid structural connection between these drivers.