Creative city towards sustainable development (Case Study: Isfahan, Iran)

The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was created in 2004 to promote cooperation with andamong cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development.Creative locations become a key element of public regeneration strategies and develop innovativeservices based on knowledgeable property. A creative city is supposed to develop imaginative andinnovative solutions for a range of social, economic and environmental problems: economic stagnancy,urban shrinkage, social segregation, global competition or more.This paper will examine essential characteristics of a creative city with regards to principles of urbanplanning during the Safavid era and present a model and a tool for guiding the designer, planner, oradministrator through a lifetime of conservation based, sustainable practices. The EcoSTEPSMmethodology for assessments and the use of Landry s creativity indicators for Sustainable Communitiesis used to plan any large urban project located at Isfahan, Iran, as a member of the creative citiesnetwork.

Keywords:

Creative city , Startup center , Youth center , Sustainable Development , Business Incubator , CreativeEconomy