Urban economics has been neglected in the scientific environment of the country

IUESA: Dr. Mehdi Sadeghi Shahdani, Scientific secretary of international conference on urban economics said: growth and development of a city or its stagnation or deterioration depend on urban economy and its approaches. In other words, economic decisions about a city are the most important factors in forming its destiny.

Emphasizing that urban economy is one of the issues neglected and isolated in the scientific environment of our country, he said no clear perspective of urban economy has been formed as a scientific or research field among urban experts and managers, he said.

It has been tried to take important step in this regard in order to consolidate theoretical part of this issue by establishing Iran Urban Economics Scientific Association (IUESA) in the recent years. Holding international conference on urban economy by IUESA is one of the phases of long-term roadmap in conceptualizing urban economy theoretically and presenting strategy and solution in experimental and scientific aspect for it, he further said.

We try to achieve documented framework for the movement of cities in the path of sustainable development particularly in economic aspect in this conference by taking advantage of national and international successful experts, managers, and mayors’ experiences and discussing different spheres of urban economy.