Analytical and Critical Approach to the Role of Urban Management, Urban Planning and Urban Design in the Realization of Creative City

Globalization is the movement of all of the societies towards unified world that everything can be seen on a global level. Harvey Expresses globalization as the compression of place and time and Giddens defines it as intensification of worldwide social relations. Robertson says people think globally and act locally. This phenomenon has led to competition among cities and each city tries to use competitive advantage in order to become a creative city. Cities are connection of social, economical, cultural and political dimentions, therefore all of the elements of a city tries to achieve this goal. The aim of this article is to review and critique the role of the urban manager, urban planner and urban designer in manifestation of concepts and theories related to creativity in city and creative city. Method of research is analytical and descriptive which review literature and the most important ideas of theorists and critics, then it classified to three levels: macro, middle and micro ones. The role of urban management, urban planning and urban design are criticized. The results indicate that urban designer has an important role in the local levels in order to design local and successful urban spaces, but this would be achieved when urban managers and urban planners offer appropriate policies and strategies.