Today local development depends mainly on the depth and extreme of knowledge about rural and urban communities. Therefore, the higher the number of documents, articles, books, researches, and data bases, the higher the possibilities of andprogress. In this research, the institutional knowledge produced about Kashan after the Revolution ois analyzed. It investigates the production of the collective knowledge by encyclopedic articles and entries which have been published online or in printed versions. Thus, the scientific and methodic assessed articles about Kashan are recognized, found and analyzed in 3 levels. At the global level, Kashan situation has been researched in the encyclopedias of Islam, and Iranica. At the national level, 3 Iranian encyclopedias have been selected. Finally, Kashan studies at the local level has been analyzed by the researches done by Kashan Study Center, - its journal, Kashanica Foundation, and an annual periodical. Globally, Kashan has been noticed considerably in Iranica. However, at the national level, more entries are produced regarding Kashan. However, Kashan Study Center at the local level has produced the most various scientific articles. At last, these factors are compared in knowledge creation, and some implications for further development have been suggested
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MahdiZade, M. (2021). Institutional Studies of Kashan (Kashanopedia):
A Meta-analysis. Kashan Shenasi, 14(1), 127-152. doi: 10.22052/kashan.2021.242938.1009
MLA
MohammadReza MahdiZade. "Institutional Studies of Kashan (Kashanopedia):
A Meta-analysis", Kashan Shenasi, 14, 1, 2021, 127-152. doi: 10.22052/kashan.2021.242938.1009
HARVARD
MahdiZade, M. (2021). 'Institutional Studies of Kashan (Kashanopedia):
A Meta-analysis', Kashan Shenasi, 14(1), pp. 127-152. doi: 10.22052/kashan.2021.242938.1009
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MahdiZade, M. Institutional Studies of Kashan (Kashanopedia):
A Meta-analysis. Kashan Shenasi, 2021; 14(1): 127-152. doi: 10.22052/kashan.2021.242938.1009
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