The lack of proper strategies for the management of the urban environment has made the relevant organizations face with numerous and complex problems in this regard. The present study was conducted in Tabriz metropolis as one of the major cities in the northwest of Iran. Using Delphi method, strategies for the management of the urban […]
Water security problems are becoming more and more challenging in Iran for several reasons such as population growth, urbanization, land-use change, unsustainable water use and climate change. All the mentioned reasons result in an increase in the human exploitation of water resources and consequently increasing anthropogenic impacts on rivers, flood plains, and fresh groundwater. Therefore, […]
Urmia Lake is the largest inland wetland in Iran, which is shrinking. The gradual drying of Lake Urmia has been a national and international issue for several years. In recent decades, climate change, dam constrictions, unsustainable industrial development and excess exploitation of groundwater for agriculture have been the main cause of drying of Lake Urmia. […]
In this study systematic random sampling was conducted. To estimate the sample size, 100 households were selected based on the population of the city using Cochran’s formula. Total generated municipal solid waste was consecutively collected, weighed and separated during a week. Then, after providing the required training through face-to-face manner and brochures regarding the economic, […]
Environmental impact assessment is an integrated, operational and implemental approach for sustainable development. An attitude is considered in which as an integrated system, everything is got into sustainability in the environment and with the environment, as well. Environmental assessment is a tool that has been developed to prevent environmental degradation caused by human activities. Environmental […]
The developments of industry and technology caused by Industrial Revolution increased the consumption and demand of fossil fuels to sustain economic life. As energy consumption continued to increase in the world, its effects emerged for the first time in the 1970s, necessitating the need for access and planning for the supply of world energy consumption […]