Assessment of environmental governance challenges in the Ahvaz metropolis

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

2 Ph.D student of Urban Planning Geography, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

3 Master of Geography and Urban Planning, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Environmental challenges are one of the most basic issues of today's city and the result of conflict and confrontation with the natural environment. A very important factor that has a decisive effect on the environmental sustainability of urban communities is the environmental governance of the city, which includes all policies, actions, plans, and executive programs in the territory of the city with environmental impact. The purpose of this research is to measure the challenges of environmental governance in Ahvaz metropolis. The research method is applied based on the purpose and descriptive-analytical based on the nature of the research. 18 indicators out of 25 indicators according to the ecological situation of the city were determined and a questionnaire was prepared. In this research, Shannon's entropy method was used to weigh the indicators and by using the Vicor model, the areas of the Ahvaz metropolis were ranked based on the governance challenges of the urban environment. The statistical community of this research, experts, experts, and managers of the environment, Abfa is the metropolis of Ahvaz. The sampling method is snowball and the data was collected using the researcher's questionnaire made this year. The findings showed that the components of domestic-commercial wastewater management (0.078), environmental infrastructures (0.074) are the most important, and magnetic pollutants (0.010) are the least important indicators and in prioritizing the regions, the eighth region is due to the establishment of factories and heavy industries and the company Drilling is facing the highest level of environmental pollution and challenges in industrial waste management. Also, the results have shown that the increase in environmental awareness among citizens and managers and the management of effluents, surface water, and waste are among the prerequisite drivers of environmental governance in different areas of Ahvaz city.

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  • Receive Date: 20 November 2023
  • Revise Date: 07 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 21 May 2024
  • First Publish Date: 21 May 2024
  • Publish Date: 21 December 2024

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