Tenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment

Abstract

The overwhelming expansion of cities is significant because of its profound impact on water, land and soil consumption. These impacts have threatened both nature and rural environments and increased greenhouse gas emissions, leading to climate change as well as rising levels of air and water pollution that often threaten human health. Currently, Mashhad’s metropolis is no exception, as it suffers from a variety of environmental contamination and issues as a result of the excessive expansion of urban sprawl, infrastructure, and related activities to meet the needs of stakeholders. In this research, the environmental status of the suburb of Mashhad was analyzed and evaluated using the drivers, pressures, state, impact and response model of intervention (DPSIR) framework. Surveys showed that there are four groups of stakeholders in this area, including the local community, economic activists, organizations and institutions, and tourists. Identifying the driving forces and their pressures, their environmental status, and the impacts of these groups’ activities in the suburb were analyzed. Finally, responses or actions within the DPSIR framework were identified to prevent, compensate, improve, or adapt to environmental change. The responses in this study are, in fact, the policies that address each level of the framework, including responses to the driving forces, pressures, status, and impacts. In this study, a set of indicators was produced using the DPSIR model, and a framework was provided for environmental protection and sustainable development.