Investigating the Environmental Impacts of Service and Urban Development in Bandar-Abbas City Using Degradation Model and Provide the Management Solutions

Jozi, Seyed Ali; Rezaian, Sahar; Irankhahi, Mehdi; Dabiri, Farahnaz

doi:10.22059/jtcp.2013.36782

Investigating the Environmental Impacts of Service and Urban Development in Bandar-Abbas City Using Degradation Model and Provide the Management Solutions

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Seyed Ali Jozi ¹

Sahar Rezaian ²

Mehdi Irankhahi ³

Farahnaz Dabiri ⁴

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Environmene Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch

² Assistant Professor, faculty of basic science, Islamic Azad University, Shahroud Branch

³ Ph.D. Student in Environmental Sciences, Department of Environment and Energy, Islamic Azad University- Tehran Sciences and research Branch, Tehran, Iran

⁴ Graduated from M.Sc. of Environment Management, Islamic Azad University- BandarAbbas Branch, BandarAbbas, Iran

10.22059/jtcp.2013.36782

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the potential of development in partial of Bandar-Abbas city, using degradation model and analytical capability of GIS. In this regard, firstly the study area was divided into 149 grid cells of 900 hectares (6×6 cm; on map of 1:50000 scale). Then, on the basis of degradation model, destruction coefficients have been calculated in all units of network.
Ecological vulnerability has been calculated and classified by using biophysical maps. Then, in the next stage, destruction factors has been determined and calculated also physiological density has been calculated and in final, destruction coefficients have been calculated in all impact units.
The results show that 130 units (87.23%) of network; need to be restoration and 18 units (12.07%) require protective actions. In the study area, areas with prone to develop has achieved very small percentage (0.67%). This paper suggested applying environmental educations for beneficiaries and attractive their collaborations, to set environmental management system in industrial factories, and to apply environmental capability evaluation and supervising on implement of state land use plans and EIA to prevent of the destruction.

Keywords

Bandar Abbas city

Degradation Model (DM)

Environmental impacts

GIS

Service and Urban Development