Physical policies of smart city with emphasis on smart growth approach (case study: Ardabil city)

The urban system of Iran, in addition to the problems and problems related to the rapid growth of the population and the increase in urbanization, with challenges such as the unbalanced and unbalanced spatial structure, the incompatibility of the cities with the natural environment and most importantly with the reduction or depletion of natural resources, crises and numerous pollutions. environment is struggling, at the same time and from another point of view, according to the developments in the field of information and communication technology, the city is passing from a purely physical settlement with visible and traditional functions to a physical settlement with invisible functions. And the new is next to its traditional functions. With these interpretations, the goal of this research is the realization of a smart city based on the physical indicators of smart growth. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive and analytical. The required sample size was calculated based on Cochran's formula and Morgan's table, and according to the total number of the statistical population of the study, which is 160 people, the sample size of the study was 113 people. The data was collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The findings show that among the regions of Ardabil city, regions 1 and 4 had the potential of a smart city with 0.33 and 0.26, respectively, and region 3 with a score of 0.20 had half the potential and region 2 as well. With a score of 0.19, they lacked the potential of a smart city. The results show that there is a significant difference between the urban areas of Ardabil in terms of compatibility with smart urban growth indicators, and the extent to which different areas have research indicators is not the same.