Investigate of Extant Laws and the Performance Agencies Charge of the Optimal Management of Urban Wastes (Case Study: Tehran Metropolis)

Subject Areas : Regional Planning

Rasool Afzali ¹ (دانشیار گروه جغرافیای سیاسی، دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران)
Razgar Hamzepour ² (کارشناسی ارشد جغرافیا و برنامه ریزی شهری، دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران)
Sadegh Karimi ³ (استادیار آب و هواشناسی، دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمان، کرمان، ایران)
Ahmad pourahmad ⁴ (ستاد گروه جغرافیا و برنامه ریزی شهری، دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران)

Received: 2015-10-21 Accepted : 2017-02-18 Published : 2017-01-20

Keywords: Tehran metropolis, Waste, Urban waste management, Waste's rules and regulations, Organizational functions,

Abstract :

In this research, urban waste rules and regulations adopted by Iran have been studied in order to determine to what extent these regulations help the proper management of the urban waste. Also, considering to what extent different organizations related to this subject can be useful in the optimal management of waste in the country. This analytical-descriptive research was used library resource information an survey data in order to perform the analysis. The survey tool was a questionnaire that was distributed based on snowball method among International experts in waste management organizations Tehran municipality, environmental protection and studies and urban planning center of Tehran. The reliability of Likert-questionnaire was 0.735 based on Cronbach’s alpha. The results showed the best performance is related to local organizations (the average rating=5.27) and the weakest performance is related to IRIB (the average ratings= 2.85). Environmental Protection Agency, as one of the main custodians of municipal solid waste management (with an average ranking 3.65), has weak results among relevant organizations. Finally, one sample T-test proper was evaluated for waste management. So, article 7 of the Law on Waste Management is identified as the most the most suitable criteria for optimal management of waste.

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