Evaluation and prioritization of five areas of Ardabil city based on creative city indicators

Applying strategies of creative cities is one of the ways forward for many cities today. Cities that are facing problems in social, economic, cultural and environmental dimensions can moderate such issues by prioritizing creative elements in different fields. creative city is not only a space where creativity grows, but also its organization and management are planned creatively. In the current research, the assessment and prioritization of the five areas of Ardabil city based on the indicators of the creative city have been discussed. The collection of data and information is in the form of library and field (questionnaire). The statistical population of the research is the five regions of Ardabil city, where 385 people were selected as a statistical sample by simple random method. A method called MEREC has been used to weight the indicators, and the WASPAS model has been used to measure and prioritize regions. The results based on all indicators show that region one with a value of 0.539 and a good condition is in the first place, region two with a value of 0.537 and a good condition is in the second place, region three with a value of 0.465 and the condition The average is in the third place, region four with a value of 0.436 and the average condition is in the fourth place and region five with a value of 0.425 and the average condition is in the last place.