Urban capital; the most valuable wealth for developing urban economy
Explaining the goals of international conference on urban economy, Mahdi Sadeghi Shahdani, the scientific secretary of international conference on urban economy said one of the reasons of holding this event is increasing development of urbanization in Iran and the world as well as challenges of city management.
Saying that more than 70 percent of Iranian lives in cities and it will be reached to 80 percent, he said today, life is going in the cities.
Highlighting that cities have challenges in many aspects, the editor-chief of the scientific-research Quarterly Journal of Urban Economics and Management said, culture, society, policy, and economy become tangible in urban areas, and if it is supposed to occur advancement, this event is determined in cities.
Stressing that urban economics claims to manage way of income and expense in cities, he added however, it is not limited to urban finance; it also includes different sectors such as housing, transport, land etc. the most important priority of urban economy is proving a mechanism so that cities have adequate revenue and they minimize their expenses in order to present best services to citizens.
Naming the topics of international conference on urban economics, he further said, “economy of smart city”, “economy of urban tourism”, “economy of urban infrastructures”, “economic culture of city and citizenship education”, “urban dilemmas, the environment, and air pollution, management of human capital development and urban economy, banking systems, social banking, and urban economy, modeling resistance economy in cities and urban passive defense, pricing urban services, financing, and municipal revenues, management of municipal service, organizations of urban management, and private sector” are the topics of this conference.
It is noteworthy that international conference on urban economy will be held on May 19 in Tehran with the presence of some Iranian and foreign scientific and executive figures. It will be held by IUESA and many Iranian and foreign bodies including Interior Ministry, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Imam Sadiq University, Kharazmi University, Isfahan University, Yazd university, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Municipality, Tehran City Council, Qazvin Municipality, shiraz Municipality, University of Jihad, Asian Mayors forum, UNESCO, UCLG/MEWA, METROPOLISE have been sponsored for this event.
Those interested can visit conference website for more information: www.conference.iuea.ir
