تحلیل ظرفیت نهادی توسعه شهری دانش‌بنیان اصفهان

امروزه توسعه شهری دانش‌بنیان با ایجاد فرصت برای تولید، انتشار و استفاده از دانش شهروندان، به‌عنوان نگرشی برای توسعه پایدار شهرها مطرح‌شده است و سیاست‌گذاری آن باید مبتنى بر ظرفیت نهادی محلی برای تغییرات نهادیِ کارا باشد. لذا این پژوهش در پی شناسایی عوامل موثر بر ظرفیت نهادی توسعه شهری دانش‌بنیان اصفهان است و با هدف اکتشافی تبیینی، با استفاده از روش تحقیق پیمایشی و تحلیل عاملی اکتشافی انجام‌شده است. رویکرد روش‌شناختی پژوهش نیز از نظر ماهیت داده‌ها، کمّی و ابزار اصلی برای گردآوری داده‌ها، پرسشنامه است. یافته‌های پژوهش حاضر نشان می‌دهد که هشت عامل موثر بر ظرفیت نهادی توسعه شهری دانش‌بنیان اصفهان با مجموع واریانس 66.309 درصد، تبیین مناسبی از موضوع به دست‌ می‌دهند که مهم‌ترین عامل، محیط مشوق و حمایتگر تولید و استفاده از دانش است. از سویی، وضعیت ظرفیت نهادی توسعه شهری دانش‌بنیان اصفهان با امتیاز 34.16 درمجموع، نامناسب است و در شرایط عدم اراده سیاسی کافی و بینش راهبردی عمیق برای تحقق  توسعه شهری دانش‌بنیان اصفهان، کنشگران و به‌ویژه مدیران، به دلیل اعتماد کم به یکدیگر، تمایل اندکی برای همکاری دارند و ازاین‌رو نمی‌توانند محیطی مشوق و حامی تولید و استفاده از دانش، شامل زیرساخت‌های سخت (فضاهای شهری مناسب برای حضور و گفتگوی افراد) و زیرساخت‌های نرم (ارائه مشوق‌ها و ایجاد آسایش و امنیت شغلی) را فراهم سازند.

Institutional Capacity Analysis of Isfahan KnowledgeBased Urban Development

Nowadays, as cities are the center of development in which knowledge is produced and disseminated, they play a fundamental role in knowledgebased development. Thus, knowledgebased value is the driving force of urban development and is changing the spatial structure of the cities. Knowledgebased urban development (KBUD) has been proposed as an approach for competitiveness and sustainable development of urban economics and their compatibility to the strategies of the knowledge economy through creating opportunities for the production and exchange of knowledge and innovation between citizens. Due to the fact that KBUD activities are related to the stakeholders in the field of learning and innovation, the use of the capacity building and networking tools based on the institutional framework and through the expansion of local stakeholder engagement can underlie and be the driving force of institutional changes for integrated urban development. According to the emergence of city knowledge studies and the lack of systematic development of its theoretical foundations, there has been little research conducted on the success or failure of KBUD policies and their challenges in the cities in developing countries. Recent studies have shown that the most important requirement for the realization of KBUD is institutional development. In order to create interaction and integrated compatibility between urban resources and stakeholders, the need for good governance and strong political leadership is the pioneer in science and technology that addresses the weakness of institutional arrangements and the inadequacy of the governing tools. The most substantial aspect of knowledgebased urban development is the institutional aspect, since it is the regulator of the relationship between the economic, social, and environmental aspects of the city, which is performed based on political will, strategic view, strong relationships, and KBUD stakeholders’ confidence. Therefore, this study seeks to identify the factors affecting the institutional capacity of KBUD in Isfahan to provide a proper understanding of the institutional requirements of KBUD in Isfahan. This research has been conducted with an exploratoryoperational goal and has used exploratory factor analysis and survey research methods. It is also a quantitative research due to the nature of the required data, and the main tool for data collection is questionnaire. The findings show that eight factors affecting the institutional capacity of KBUD in Isfahan with a total variance of 66.309% provide a good explanation of the topic, the most important factor being an encouraging and supportive environment for knowledge production and use. On the other hand, the institutional capacity status of KBUD in Isfahan, with an overall score of 34.16 is inadequate and in the absence of sufficient political will and deep strategic insight for the realization of KBUD in Isfahan, actors and managers, in particular, are less willing to cooperate because of their lack of trust in each other. Therefore, they cannot provide an encouraging and supportive environment for knowledge production and use, including hard infrastructure (urban spaces suitable for people to attend and chat) and soft infrastructure (providing incentives, job comfort and security).