Identification and Analysis of Effective Actors in Transforming the Iranian City into an Islamic Global City with a Future Studies Approach (Case Study: Isfahan City)

Global cities are emerging phenomena that act as connecting places of the global economic network in the context of the global economy and have caused the formation of the space of currents and the emergence of new power centers in the political geography map of the world. In this regard, domestic organizations and institutions are effective as factors (actors) in the promotion of cities from regional to global dimensions. This study aims to identify and rank institutions and organizations that are effective in promoting the city of Isfahan to an Islamic Global City. The current research, with a future studies approach, identifies the most important factors affecting the transformation of Isfahan into an Islamic Global City and identifies key players in this field. This research is practical in terms of its purpose and the dominant approach is the descriptive-analytical method. Environmental scanning and Delphi techniques were used to identify variables and indicators, and structural analysis was used in Mic Mac software and the Mector model for data analysis. According to the findings of the research, the most important domestic players include the Ministry of Economy, the Stock Exchange Organization, the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, the Cultural Heritage Organization, and the Ministry of Energy. According to the evaluations carried out in Mector software, the most influential institutions of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, the Ministry of Economy, and the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology were 29 and 15 percent. On the other hand, the lowest amount of influence is related to the Stock Exchange Organization and the Ministry of Energy (-34%), which shows the ability of these two institutions to influence other actors.