The social human consequences of dust in national security

Subject Areas : Geopolitic

Abbasali Khodami ¹ , Rebaz Ghorbaninejad ² , Mahmoud Ahmadi ³

1 - Department of Geography, Yadgar Imam Khomeini Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Geography, Faculty of Human Sciences, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Climatology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-12-21 Accepted : 2023-02-14 Published : 2023-02-20

Keywords: Western Provinces, geopolitics, dust, National security, Environment,

Abstract :

In the present age, when emerging countries can make developed countries and former colonies economically dependent on themselves, ensuring economic independence and the possibility of self-reliance of countries is one of the conditions for advancing the foundations of national security. Environmental crises or natural disasters are sudden events that have increased environmental problems, climate change, and increased human problems such as health, security, and migration. The purpose of this study is to investigate the social human consequences of dust in Iran's national security. Research Method In this research, with a descriptive-analytical and applied method, the quantitative effects of foreign waters of western Iran on the generation of dust and its role in national security have been investigated. The statistical population of the study consists of experts in the fields of geopolitics and environment, the sample size of which was estimated based on the Cochran model of 30 people. The results showed that migration from border cities - increasing unemployment, increasing problems in agriculture, industry and services in cities, the occurrence of heterogeneous social phenomena in cities and increasing border disputes are among the most important consequences of dust on the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran