Environmental Status Assessing of the Mohajeran City with Green City Indicators

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assist. Prof. Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Arak University, Iran

2 Graduate of PhD in Strategic Management, University of Tehran and Mayor of Mohajeran City, Iran

3 Master Student, Islamic Azad University, Malayer Branch and Expert of Mohajeran Municipality, Iran

4 Masters Student, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Arak University, Iran

Abstract

The Mohajeran city was built as the first new city in Markazi province, and was built according to the principles of urban planning and architecture. The purpose of this study is a preliminary assessment of the environmental situation of the Mohajeran city. This study was performed using multi-criteria analysis (MCDA) approach, ANP method, Super Decisions software with 8 options, 7 criteria and 18 sub-criteria. Criteria include energy and carbon dioxide, waste and recycling, air quality, noise and light pollution, environmental management, transportation, land and building use (green space), water and wastewater. Evaluation of criteria was done through field visits, receiving information from organizations as well as interviews with the people of the city, distributing online questionnaires, interpreting and comparing satellite images from 2000 to 2020 in the region, determining the emission coefficients of pollutants from natural gas consumption according to EPA. The results of the evaluation of criteria by ANP method shows that the weight of land and building land use criteria (0.22) and wastewater (0.18) is more than the other 5 criteria. The per capita weight of green space (0.25) and access to the sewerage network (0.15) is more than other sub-criteria. Area 2 with a weight of (0.162) is the greenest and Area 4 with a weight of (0.079) is the greenest compared to other areas of the city.
 
 

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Ahmadi, S. M.; Salamat, Y. & Shahbazi, H. 2013. Pollution Emission Inventory of the Tehran. Air Quality Control Company of the Tehran Municipality. (in persian).
Beatley, T. & Newman, P. 2009. Green Urbanism Down Under: Learning from Sustainable Communities in Australia,Washington DC: Island Press.
Brilhante, O. & Klaas, J. 2018. Green City Concept and a Method to Measure Green City Performance over Time Applied to Fifty Cities Globally: Influence of GDP, Population Size and Energy Efficiency, sustainability.(10).p1-23.
Consulting Engineers of BodTechnical. 2007. Detailed Plan of the Mohajeran City. Construction Company of the Mohajeran New City.(in persian)
Department of Environment, 2021, Standards of Air quality, Sound quality, Sewage and Green management. Department Of Environment. (in persian)
Economist Intelligence Unit .2011. Europian Green City Index, Assessing the Environmental Impact of Europe’s Major Cities, Munich: Siemens AG.
General Census of the Population and Housing. 2016. Population and Housing Table of the Mohajeran, Population and Housing website of the Iran. (in persian)
Hatami Nejad, H. & kazemabadi mohamadi, L. 2017. Satisfaction measurement from life quality indicators in new cities(Case Study: New Town Mohajeran). Geographical Planning of Space Journal.  7(23).pp 53-68 (in persian)
Hosam K. El; GhorabHeidi A. & Shalaby .2016. Eco and Green cities as new approaches forplanning and developing cities in Egypt. Alexandria Engineering Journal. (55).pp 495–503.
Joshi, D. 2019. Evaluation of the Clean and Green Cities Programme. Final evaluation report: UN-Habitat Clean and Green Cities Programme.p 68.
Kanani Mohamadi, J. 2016. Analysis of the Environment of Isfahan Metropolis within the Framework of the Green City Approach. Geographical Planning of Space. 6(19).pp183-198.(in persian)
Korabi, S.M. & Sheibani, A. 2016. Application of remote sensing RS and GIS in the study of light pollution and environmental effects, First National Conference Islamic architecture, urban heritage and sustainable development.(in persian)
Marashi, F. & Mahdieh, S.M.S. 2016. Green city indices in the Tabriz. First National Conference Islamic architecture, urban heritage and sustainable development. (in persian).
Mason, S. G.; Marker, T. & Mirsky, R. 2011. Primary Factors Influencing Green Building in Cities in the Pacific Northwest, Public Works Management and Policy. 16(2).pp157–185.
Mohajeran Municipality. 2021. Status Report of the Mohajeran City, Construction Company of the Mohajeran New City. (in persian)
Newman, P. 2010. Green Urbanism and Its Application to Singapore. Environment and Urbanization Asia. pp 149–170.
Pace, R.; Churkina, G. & Rivera, M. 2016. How Green Is a Green City? A Review of Existing Indicators and Approaches; IASS: Potsdam, Germany.
Pourebrahim, S.; Hadipour, M.; Mardian, M. & Ansari, A. 2019. Spatial investigation of oil contamination spread into groundwater resources in Dasht-e-Shazand (Iran) using geostatistical analyst. Journal of Geographical Data (SEPEHR).  27(108).pp 35-44. (in persian)
Salehibarmi, M.; Rezaei, A. & Noori Kermani A. 2018. The Environmental Performance Evaluation of Tehran Municipality Based on the Green City Indicators. Journal Urban Management Studies. 10(33).pp1-15. (in persian).
Shabani, M.; Alavi, S.A.; Meshkini, A. & Mahini, A.R.S. 2019. Spatial Evaluation of Urban Environment with Green City Approach (Case Study: Tehran Metropolis). Journal of Human Geography Research. 51(1).pp111-127. (in persian)
Shen, Z.; Huang, L.; Peng, K. & Pai, J. 2018. Green City Planning and Practices in Asian Cities. Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development. p 335.
Statistical Yearbook of the Markazi Province. 2018. Deputy of Statistics and Information, Publisher of Management and Planning Organization of Markazi Province.p 586. (in persian)
Tabibian, M.; Yasmin Afshar, Y. & Shahabi Shahmiri, M. 2016. Tehran’s Environmental Comparative Assessment Based on Green City Indicators (In Comparing with 22 Major Asian Cities). Architecture & Urban Design & Urban Planning.  8(15).pp 329-343. (in persian)
Varesi, H.; Ahmadian, M. & Gholamhoseyni, R . 2014. Analysis and Evaluation of the Performance of New Towns Population Attraction. Journal of spatial planning. 3(4).pp 133-154. (in persian)
Zebardast, E. 2014. The Application of Analytic Network Process (ANP) in Urban and Regional Planning. HONAR-HR-YE-ZIBA MEMARI-VA-SHAHRSAZI.  2(41).pp 79-90.(in persian)