Author
Department of Urban Planning, Mashhad Branch. Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran .
Abstract
Today, the role of intellectual capital in advancing the development of cities and increasing public welfare has been noticed on an international scale. Intellectual capital is a combination of different sources of knowledge that varies in different areas and shows the support or lack of support of people in the society for the decisions taken. The purpose of this research is to investigate the state of intellectual capital in different cities of the country. The research method in this article is descriptive-analytical. Data collection tools are library and documentary studies (with emphasis on national, provincial, and urban statistics). Data analysis tools are Shannon Entropy, Vickor, Topsis EDAS, MABAC, SAW, ELECTRE, and Borda techniques. The knowledge city index method uses seven capitals, which are divided into 19 dimensions with 90 different indices. Based on the available data, in this study, 72 indicators in eight approved metropolises (Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Tabriz, Shiraz, Karaj, Qom, and Ahvaz) have been studied. The results show that the Participation rate (with a weight of 0.556) at city elections has been the most important in the study of the intellectual capital index in case studies. Also, based on the obtained data and as a result of all six ranking techniques, Tehran is ranked first in terms of intellectual capital and Mashhad is ranked second. Based on the Burda counting method, the cities of Isfahan, Shiraz, Karaj, Tabriz, Qom, and Ahvaz are in the next ranks, respectively. Based on the results of this study, it seems that there is a significant difference between the ranking of Iranian cities in terms of intellectual capital. Therefore, any decision regarding collective actions in Iranian cities (such as participatory, communication, and collaborative planning) should be made according to the amount of social, intellectual, and political capital of that city.
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