Environment Assessment
Fatemeh Mohammadyari; Mohsen Tavakoli
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Introduction: Cultural ecosystem services, as one of the components of ecosystem services, are intangible human benefits from ecosystems that play a fundamental role in promoting human well-being. Rapid changes in land use with damage to ecological assets in the Ilam urban watershed have reduced the ...
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Introduction: Cultural ecosystem services, as one of the components of ecosystem services, are intangible human benefits from ecosystems that play a fundamental role in promoting human well-being. Rapid changes in land use with damage to ecological assets in the Ilam urban watershed have reduced the capacity of ecosystem services, including aesthetic quality. Therefore, the evaluation of the supply of aesthetic ecosystem service, which shows the biological diversity in urban areas and favorable conditions for life, is considered essential for inclusion in the improvement plans of Ilam city in line with appropriate management measures. In this vein, in the current research, an integrated approach to prepare an aesthetic map with the aim of showing the spatial distribution of the supply of aesthetic services in the Ilam urban watershed has been presented, the results of which can greatly influence planning and managerial decisions regarding future development towards urban sustainability by preserving natural ecosystems.Materials and Methods: Spatial distribution of providing aesthetic ecosystem services in Ilam urban watershed using 12 visual and ecological criteria including: slope, Elevation, geomorphology, land use, habitat characteristics, visibility of various areas, visibility of roads, visibility of residential areas, visibility of the river, visibility of the park, type and density of vegetation were investigated. To prepare visibility layers, Viewshed function was used in TerrSet Idrisi software. Then, the input layers were integrated using fuzzy membership functions and using the weighted linear combination method in the ArcGIS 10.8 system. Among the multi-criteria decision-making methods, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method was used to prioritize the criteria.Results: Based on the results of the hierarchical analysis process and according to the results of the experts Among the input criteria, visibility of the river, type of vegetation and visibility of diverse areas were assigned the most weight with values of 0.14, 0.127 and 0.116 respectively. On the other hand, the least importance and weight was observed in the measure of road visibility. Based on the final map of aesthetic quality, the best quality of this service is in the parts of the north, east, southeast and west of the Ilam urban watershed, where these places have the best visibility of the river, visibility of various areas, high to medium altitude and with dominant forest cover.Discussion: The results of this study showed, that areas with forest cover and areas with human uses have the highest and lowest capacity of this service in the study area, respectively, which denotes the importance of natural green uses compared to artificial uses and human-made is in providing aesthetic service. These results indicate that the capacity of the watershed ecosystem of Ilam city in providing aesthetic services varies in different places and is influenced by various factors, especially topographic changes and land use patterns. That is to say, prevent land use change is an important factor for maintaining ecosystem services. Because the land use Changes pattern affects the capacity of the ecosystem to produce goods and services. The results of this research also, by presenting the spatial distribution model of aesthetic service potential can be useful for decision makers, managers and urban planners in order to monitor and protect aesthetic values and it is important and useful to adopt urban landscape management strategies and plans in the landscape of the studied area.
Environment Assessment
Hooshang Jaderi; Davood Jahani; Hamid Reza Peyrowan; Nader Kohansal Ghadimvand
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Introduction: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are introduced into the environment by human activities and are deposited in the river bed. These compounds are among environmental pollutants and are extremely harmful to human health and other living things even in very small amounts. For this reason, ...
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Introduction: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are introduced into the environment by human activities and are deposited in the river bed. These compounds are among environmental pollutants and are extremely harmful to human health and other living things even in very small amounts. For this reason, determining the concentration of these pollutants is very important to evaluate the quality of river water. About a hundred compounds of PAHs that have been identified by the Environmental Protection Agency. They have 16 major harmful and pathogenic compounds, and for this reason, they have been introduced as pioneering pollutants. For this purpose, in the present study, the concentrations of PAHs were determined in the Karun River.Materials and Methods: In this study, 19 samples of PAHs were collected along the Karun River from Cham Golak in the north of Khuzestan to Choibedeh in the south of Khuzestan in 2022. The collected samples were immediately stored in glass bags at a temperature of -10°C and transported to the laboratory. Until the time of extraction, the samples were dried in a freeze dryer and then kept in a freezer at -50°C. Before the extraction operation, all the samples were powdered and passed through a sieve with mesh less than 0.63. After determining the amounts of each of the desired PAHs, using Dionex™ ASE™ 3, it was determined whether the PAHs has fuel or petroleum origin. Finally, the concentrations of the obtained PAHs were compared with the American Sediment quality guidelines. In this standard, two risk categories, ERL and ERM, are considered for sediment pollution.Results: Based on the average concentration of studied PAHs, Benzo (b) fluoranthene and phenanthrene were the most polluted in proportion to concentration among all studied PAHs. The concentration of Benzo (k) fluoranthene, Fluorene, Pyrene and Indeno (1,2,3-c,d) pyrene was also more than 1 μg.kg-1 of sediment, which was high compared to the average concentration of other PAHs. Other PAHs had an average concentration of less than 0.80 μg.kg-1. The minimum concentration of hydrocarbons varied between 0.01-2.15 μg.kg-1 and their maximum concentration between 0.05-8.97 μg.kg-1 of sediment. The results of skewness (-0.75<SKW<3.0) showed that there were many spatial variations for all pollutants, but Anthracene with a skewness of 0.3 has the most spatial changes, with the highest concentration in the south of the Karun River, and Benzo (b) fluoranthene has the skewness equal to -0.75, then, the highest pollutant concentration was in the north of Karun River. Except for the four hydrocarbons Benzo (b) fluoranthene, Benzo (k) fluoranthene, Indeno (1,2,3-c,d) pyrene and Benzo (g,h,i) perylene, the concentration of the other pollutants in the Karun River is lower than the Sediment Management Standard (SQS) limits ( Discussion: The origin of the pollutant’s evaluation showed that in the north of the Karun River, there was more fuel pollution, but in the center and south of this river, both fuel and oil sources were observed. These results showed that air pollution had a greater effect on increasing the concentration of hydrocarbons in the sediments of this river. In addition, the fuel of boats in the Ahvaz to Abadan area can be an important factor in increasing PAHs pollution with fuel origin. Therefore, although PAHs pollution was observed in this river, it was not at a critical level in terms of concentration.
Environment Assessment
Maryam Dahmardeh Pahlavan; Mohsen Shahriari Moghadam; Saeedeh Maleki Najafabadi; Vahid Rahdari
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Introduction: Coastal areas worldwide hold significant social and economic importance. These areas, in addition to providing essential ecosystem services, have considerable potential for activities such as tourism, industry, and transportation, contributing significantly to the economic and social development ...
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Introduction: Coastal areas worldwide hold significant social and economic importance. These areas, in addition to providing essential ecosystem services, have considerable potential for activities such as tourism, industry, and transportation, contributing significantly to the economic and social development of countries. Given that coastal areas are among the most complex ecosystems, they require monitoring and planning for enhanced protection. Timely and accurate identification of land use changes, which form the basis for better understanding human-nature interactions, provides the necessary groundwork for the efficient management and utilization of coastal resources.Materials and Methods: The present study aims to investigate land use and land cover changes in the Chabahar coastal areas for four periods, including the years 1368, 1378, 1388, and 1398, using Landsat satellite time series data. Land cover mapping was performed through preprocessing and processing stages, followed by classification using a combined method. The accuracy of the produced maps was assessed using error matrix, Kappa index, and overall accuracy, which were greater than 80% and 0.8, respectively. Land use changes were analyzed using landscape metrics.Results: The results indicated that barren land had the highest land use percentage in all studied years. Saline and barren land cover decreased by 398.28 and 75.7 hectares, respectively, from 1368 to 1398, while aquatic land cover increased by 115.3 hectares in 1398 compared to 1368. The analysis of vegetation cover also revealed that this land use, along with human-made structures, consistently allocated the smallest area in all periods, gradually increasing. The accuracy assessment of land cover classification showed high accuracy in the produced maps, with the highest and lowest accuracy rates in 1368 (93.25%) and 1398 (85.6%), respectively. In 1398, the number of patches for aquatic land, vegetation cover, and human-made structures increased (830, 2662, and 4, respectively) compared to 1368 (146, 2386, and 1, respectively), while the number of saline and barren land patches decreased in 1398 (643 and 761, respectively) compared to 1368 (720 and 1060, respectively).Discussion: The study results demonstrated considerable changes in the Chabahar coastline over the past 30 years. The findings indicated a significant increase in vegetation cover from 1368 to 1398 (from 116.34 to 202.30 hectares), contributing a total of 85.96 hectares to land use. This increase in vegetation cover can be attributed to agricultural expansion. The detection results of changes in human-made areas also showed substantial growth (133.18, 205.74, 228.29, and 411.42 in 1368, 1378, 1388, and 1398, respectively) during the study period. Overall, it can be concluded that, based on the analysis of landscape metrics, the increase in human-made land uses and environmental changes has continued, and integrated management plans for coastal areas have not been adopted.
Environment Assessment
Mohammad Reza Veysi; Pourya Pirmoradi; Delaram Garshasbi
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Introduction: In recent years, sustainable environmental development has become one of the most important topics in various sciences. One of the primary causes of global warming and environmental instability is the excessive production of greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide has the greatest amount and effect ...
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Introduction: In recent years, sustainable environmental development has become one of the most important topics in various sciences. One of the primary causes of global warming and environmental instability is the excessive production of greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide has the greatest amount and effect among greenhouse gases. Urban transportation is increasingly emitting carbon dioxide. In recent decades, urban transportation has also been an indispensable part of the city and urban life with the increasing expansion of cities and population growth. In many cities, especially less developed cities, urban transportation as well as traffic have currently become a constant challenge and left many environmental effects. The increasing number of city trips has resulted in air pollution, noise pollution, and weather phenomena. The emission of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, is one of the most important destructive effects of urban transportation, which ultimately causes global warming and climate change. Therefore, if the production of carbon dioxide is more than the city's carrying capacity, it will endanger environmental sustainability in the long term. The ecological footprint index is used as an integrated method to calculate the absorption capacity of the city based on carbon production and to evaluate environmental sustainability in many countries of the world at different levels. The ecological footprint is generally a measure of how much land is needed to absorb the carbon produced by humans. The ecological footprint shows the environmental sustainability or unsustainability of the range determined based on the volume of carbon produced. Therefore, it is necessary to calculate the ecological footprint of activities that pollute the environment. Since the city of Bojnurd has experienced a significant increase in population and sudden expansion in recent years, particularly after becoming the capital of the province and considering the multifold increase of urban trips in this city, the purpose of this research is evaluation of environmental sustainability for urban transportation patterns of Bojnurd by ecological footprint technique.Materials and Methods: The present research with the descriptive-analytical method evaluates the environmental sustainability of intra-city transportation in Bojnurd. To this end, the required data, including the number of trips, daily movements, and the average distance traveled per trip for each travel pattern by referring to documents, reports, as well as the relevant organizations, has been collected. Then, the ecological footprint of Bojnurd urban transportation is calculated.Results: Finally, by comparing the per ecological footprint capita of Bojnurd urban transportation with the world standard, it is found that out of the five modes of transportation, private cars, taxis, buses, minibuses, and motorcycles, only two models of buses and minibuses are environmentally sustainable. The private car is the most unstable model whose per ecological footprint capita is nine times larger than that of the global standard per capita. This research shows that the transportation system of Bojnurd is environmentally unstable because the volume of carbon dioxide produced by this system is much higher than the capacity of absorbing carbon dioxide by the city's lands.Discussion: Due to the increasing demand for using private cars and the trend of migration to the city, these problems will increase in the future and the process of bad ecological effects on the city of Bojnurd will accelerate, which requires urgent measures and careful planning.
Environment Assessment
Mehdi Gholami; Reza Sheikhakbari-Mehr
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Identification and classification of habitats and their related biological and non-biological characteristics is the first and most crucial step in managing the exploitation and conservation of the environment and natural resources. Qom province is located in the central plateau of Iran and has a dry ...
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Identification and classification of habitats and their related biological and non-biological characteristics is the first and most crucial step in managing the exploitation and conservation of the environment and natural resources. Qom province is located in the central plateau of Iran and has a dry climate according to the Domarten climate classification. The different regions of the province were surveyed in order to identify the various types of habitats and their dominant vegetation. Along with collecting the required information, dominant plant species were also collected and identified. Eight of the ten main habitats in the world were identified in Qom province, with 24 sub-habitats using the EUNIS habitat classification key. These eight habitats are: 1- inland surface water habitat, 2- mire, bog and fen habitat, 3- grassland habitats, 4- heathland and scrub habitat, 5- woodland and forest habitat, 6- inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitat, 7- cultivated agricultural habitat and, 8- constructed and artificial habitat. Qom province mainly includes a desert ecosystem, and this type of ecosystem is very vulnerable and fragile. Considering the fact that the loss of ecosystem services increases the vulnerability of humans, especially in arid areas, therefore recognizing and protecting the primary and secondary habitats as well as microhabitats of the province, with emphasis on native plants, play an influential role in protecting the province's environment.
Environment Assessment
Mehdi Ajalli; Abbas Nasisri; Hassan Hedayati
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of green supply chain management operations (green procurement, green production, green distribution, green logistics (on environmental cooperation and sustainable performance) economic, social, and environmental (in the country's technology ...
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of green supply chain management operations (green procurement, green production, green distribution, green logistics (on environmental cooperation and sustainable performance) economic, social, and environmental (in the country's technology petrochemical company. Literature and research background, a conceptual model of the relationship between these structures was presented, and then the path analysis approach was used to examine the relationship between them. The statistical population of the study consists of 55 experts and specialists of the company due to limited size the population was used as a sample of all members. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of data collection method. The output of the Path Analysis showed that: "Green supply chain management operations have a positive effect on" performance "Sustainability" and "environmental cooperation" as well as "environmental cooperation has a positive effect on the performance of sustainability in Fanavaran Petrochemical Company". The output of SWARA technique indicates that the "environmental criterion" with the most weight has been identified as the most important performance measure of sustainability in evaluating suppliers. "Economic criteria" and "social criteria" were also ranked next in importance. Finally, using VIKOR technique, seven suppliers of the company's materials were evaluated and the suppliers were ranked in terms of sustainability performance. The findings of this study are especially useful for manufacturing companies in developing environmental cooperation with their suppliers in order to achieve sustainable performance.
Environment Assessment
Yahya Chehrazar; Faeze Chehrazar; Mohammad Javad Amiri
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Today, changes in land use and land cover are caused by a very important factor affecting population growth. Landscape change is done by changing the cover and land use. This study was conducted to investigate, compare and analyze the effects of urban growth on the landscapes of two regions of Karaj ...
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Today, changes in land use and land cover are caused by a very important factor affecting population growth. Landscape change is done by changing the cover and land use. This study was conducted to investigate, compare and analyze the effects of urban growth on the landscapes of two regions of Karaj with different structural natures and to investigate the trend of land landscape changes due to urban growth. Satellite images and landscapes were used to produce land cover maps and detect changes. Ground cover was classified into three main classes of vegetation, open space and construction. The analysis measures the landscape in area 4 indicate that a floor area of the urban construction period of 15 years, 48 percent and the effects of this growth on reducing the floor area of green and open space by as much as 19 and 39 Percentage is up. These results in Zone 9 also indicate the removal of patches of green space due to a one percent reduction in the total area of green space coverage from the total landscape. Thus, the extent and continuity of the network and reduce the destruction of open green space and urban mosaic spots, providing ecological services and improve environmental quality in these areas are threatened. Therefore, modeling the models that express the principles of land landscape ecology in urban planning and management is essential in the development, remediation, and restoration of the ecological structure of the land.
Environment Assessment
Jalil Sarhangzadeh; Parastoo Parivar
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Nowadays because of various factors, including inappropriate land use, and indiscriminate exploitation of water resources, soil and vegetation, wide areas of the country were exposed to destruction of lands and desertification. Therefore land use planning based on its ecological capability has a significant ...
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Nowadays because of various factors, including inappropriate land use, and indiscriminate exploitation of water resources, soil and vegetation, wide areas of the country were exposed to destruction of lands and desertification. Therefore land use planning based on its ecological capability has a significant role in environmental management and in preventing environmental degradation in the direction of sustainable development. In this study, land use planning for Makidi village (2415 ha) in south of Arasbaran protected area has been conducted. The main objectives of the plan were to promote sustainable use, to increase living conditions, and enhance environmental conservation in the region. First, ecological and socio-economic resources were surveyed and mapped (scale 1:10000). Then data analysis and integration with system analysis approach were performed. As a result, 1571 micro-ecosystems were mapped. Ecological capability of mapping unit was evaluated for aquatic cultivation, dry farming, range management, forestry, ecotourism and conservation with the aid of specified ecological models. Finally with coordination of socioeconomic data and ecological capability of mapping unit, priority of land uses was established. At the end, map of land use planning for Makidi area was depicted for management purposes. The results show that %0.67 of allocated land use is suitable for irrigation farming, %8.49 for dry farming, %26.89 for range management, %13.64 for protected forestry, %0.34 for intensive ecotourism and finally .%49.15 for conservation.
Environment Assessment
Homa Davoodi Garmaroodi; Iraj Goldoozian; Ahmad TolooiMoghadam
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The right to enjoy health is one of the basic rights of every person. Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948 and the Iranian Constitution in Article 3 (paragraphs 12), 29 and 43 emphasize the right to health and enjoyment of health. Article 2 of the Charter of Citizenship ...
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The right to enjoy health is one of the basic rights of every person. Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948 and the Iranian Constitution in Article 3 (paragraphs 12), 29 and 43 emphasize the right to health and enjoyment of health. Article 2 of the Charter of Citizenship Rights approved by the President in 2016 has also declared the right to health as one of the rights of every Iranian. Today, the environment and health are closely related. Therefore, along with other values that have been predicted, the right to health and having a healthy environment is one of the basic values for human beings, so that human beings will not be able to continue their normal life without having a safe and healthy environment. The importance of preventing environmental crimes is due to the fact that it is directly related to human health, most countries put special penal regulations to actions in this regard. Therefore, this is a special issue to study in shaping the legislative criminal policy on protection environment. It can be studied and studied from the environment. The aim of the researchers in this research is to study the role of national and international actors in reducing environmental crimes. The present study seeks to explain the role of NGO's in the field of prevention, disclosure and prosecution of environmental crimes in order to clarify its importance for legislative, executive and judicial authorities. Reducing environmental crimes is important both in terms of the right to health and in terms of criminology and the need to reduce crime fields. Governments have two important tools to reduce environmental crimes: 1- establish appropriate criminal regulations with the aim of deterring and intimidating potential offenders, 2- strengthening Non-Governmental Organizations and, as a result, public education, culture-building, intervention of these organizations in the prosecution and detection of crime and creating sensitivity to such crimes. For this purpose, it is necessary for the legislator to grant more prominent role to NGOs about indictment and interference in the process of criminal and legal proceedings. This view is derived from the theory of green criminology or environmental criminology. In the present study, in addition to examining the aforementioned issues, we seek to study the role of non-governmental organizations in Iran in combating environmental crimes from the perspective of detecting and prosecuting crime and creating public sensitivity to such crimes.
Environment Assessment
Mehdi Mehdinasab; Masood Bagherzadeh Karimi
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Environmental Impact Assessment is an important management tool that identifies natural and anthropogenic environmental hazards and their wide-ranging impacts and determines appropriate control calculations. Correct and accurate knowledge one of the threatening factors of wetlands Based on their importance ...
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Environmental Impact Assessment is an important management tool that identifies natural and anthropogenic environmental hazards and their wide-ranging impacts and determines appropriate control calculations. Correct and accurate knowledge one of the threatening factors of wetlands Based on their importance and impact can provide the basis for preventing and counteracting these factors more precisely, as well as preparing and implementing wetland conservation and environmental management plans. The vulnerability assessment method of Poldokhtar wetlands in this study is based on EFMEA failure states analysis method. for this purpose, first identify the most important environmental risks and threats in the hunting and hunting area of Poldokhtar wetlands in three categories of ecological, hydrological and social threats to 17 threats, then based on three variables: "probability, severity and extent of impact" Numerical values of each threat were determined and ranked according to the range of changes in five categories. The results showed that ecologically: wildfires and drainage in Gori Balmak and Piqué wetlands, hydrologically threatening to increase suspended sediment load, periodic droughts, and drilling deep and semi-deep wells in wetlands and social aquifers: low levels Environmental attitudes and knowledge of wetlands by the local community, lack of expert and wetland environments in the Department of Environment of the city and province are the most important threats in the 11 wetlands ecosystem of Poldokhtar. Overall, 88.2 percent of the risks were classified as risk-free, low- and medium-risk, and only 18.8 percent were high and infinite, requiring immediate action by wetland conservation and mitigation authorities.
Environment Assessment
Roya Taji; Mozhgan Ahmadi Nadoushan
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In recent years, population growth, increasing vehicles, and industrial development have caused air pollution. One of the major disasters, creating significant problems for human and endangering their health is air pollution. The main objective of the present study was to select best sites for air pollution ...
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In recent years, population growth, increasing vehicles, and industrial development have caused air pollution. One of the major disasters, creating significant problems for human and endangering their health is air pollution. The main objective of the present study was to select best sites for air pollution monitoring stations in zones 1 and 3 of Isfahan city using fuzzy technique and analytical hierarchy process (AHP). Accurate monitoring of the air pollution condition requires accurate and appropriate dispersion of monitoring stations throughout the study area, so that the optimal locations of these stations can be selected using fuzzy and AHP methods. In the present study, considering the necessity of determining the location of air pollution monitoring stations, the best sites for these stations were selected based on important criteria such as distance from market, recreation areas, parks, parking areas and existing stations using fuzzy and AHP methods. The results showed that Fuzzy-AHP method was flexible and accurate method to determine the appropriate areas for air pollutant monitoring stations.
Environment Assessment
Gholamreza Sabzeghabai; Madineh Vahabipour
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Urban rivers are one of the most important spaces that potentially reflect the presence of nature in the city and provide the ability to draw natural elements among the artificial elements. In addition to their natural changes, rivers undergo many changes due to human activities. One of the most important ...
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Urban rivers are one of the most important spaces that potentially reflect the presence of nature in the city and provide the ability to draw natural elements among the artificial elements. In addition to their natural changes, rivers undergo many changes due to human activities. One of the most important changes that are imposed on rivers is the improper use of their resources for use in construction activities. Thousands of tons of sand are harvested daily from the bed and banks of the country's rivers, which has various negative consequences. Among the most important of these consequences are the changes in the morphology of the river, river mud and threat to the life of aquatic animals and birds, loosening of the bed edges and threats to the inhabitants of the river, destruction of structures around the river, reduced tourism and ...This study was conducted in the summer of 1397 and the study area in this study was part of the Bashar River, which is located within the city of Yasuj. There are 9 sand factories in this area, all of which were illegally extracting sand from the riverbed. According to the pictures taken by the Environment Department of Yasuj city, the changes in the river during sand extraction and after the closure of the factories were identified. The results showed that after the closure of the factories, the vegetation of the river area was somewhat restored and the aquatic and bird species found a better situation in terms of quantity and quality characteristics.
Environment Assessment
Elham Shafaii Moghaddam; Mohsen Niazi
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In the present century, environmental behavior of human as the most important effective factor on environment is under the observation of sociologists. The behavior both effects environmental issues and threats and is influenced by variant factors. This study observed the relation between environmental ...
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In the present century, environmental behavior of human as the most important effective factor on environment is under the observation of sociologists. The behavior both effects environmental issues and threats and is influenced by variant factors. This study observed the relation between environmental knowledge and environmental behavior by meta-analysis approach. Since 23 studies between the years, 1390 to 1398 in the subject of environmental behavior, which were qualified, were selected for entering to meta- analysis research. The selected studies are done by survey method and applied survey tools in different statistical societies by reliable measurement. In first step, the selected studies were evaluated by homogeneity of hypothesis and publication bias. According to this, the finding indicated the homogeneity of effect size and absence of publication bias. In second step, by applying the second version of CMA software, the coefficient of effect size were evaluated. The Results have shown have shown that the effect size or coefficient of effect of environmental knowledge on environmental behavior is 0.223 which is average according to Kohen interpretation system. In addition, the results obtained the moderator role of population society variable indicated that the environmental knowledge has the most affection on environmental behavior of students.
Environment Assessment
Khodakaram Shokri; Majid Shaban
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Mining wastes are one of the most dangerous environmental pollutants which, if not removed, enter the surface and groundwater, causing toxic complexes and potential risks to humans and ecosystems. They create an environment. Because ore makes up a small portion of the total volume of minerals mined, ...
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Mining wastes are one of the most dangerous environmental pollutants which, if not removed, enter the surface and groundwater, causing toxic complexes and potential risks to humans and ecosystems. They create an environment. Because ore makes up a small portion of the total volume of minerals mined, mines will have a lot of waste. In the metal industry, the production of copper, lead and zinc cause the most damage to the environment. Copper Mining Operations Generate Extensive Mineral Waste Melting Zinc and Lead Introduces large amounts of cadmium and lead into the environment. The growth of gases and particulate matter, the production of polluted effluents and solid waste are the result of melting and refining metals. Soil contamination with heavy metals is a serious problem associated with metal smelting. In order to study the effects of the studied mine on the environment, it is necessary to examine the water, rocks and soil, plants and even their drains and waterways in terms of pollution. Findings of this study show that Bavanat copper mine has a significant effect on the level of pollution in water, soil and plants in the region.