This research aimed to investigate the relationship between Socioeconomic Status of Citizens with some urban metabolism Variable with an emphasis on the environmental justice approach. Socioeconomic status index consisted of the average price per square meter of land, P
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This research aimed to investigate the relationship between Socioeconomic Status of Citizens with some urban metabolism Variable with an emphasis on the environmental justice approach. Socioeconomic status index consisted of the average price per square meter of land, Per capita housing, land ownership, housing value, Percentage of employers، Percentage of managers، higher education attainment and illiteracy. Urban metabolism included items such as energy consumption, and waste and sewage production. Simple linear regression analysis was utilized. The findings demonstrated that, of the various urban metabolism indicators, only gas consumption has a significant relationship with social and economic status of the people. Other indicators such as water consumption, electricity, waste and sewage productions did not have any Statistically Significant Relationship with consumption and socioeconomic status. Finally, this study presents an environmental justice and urban metabolism model conceptual framework by combining three aspects of environmental justice approach in order to make an effective urban metabolism model and improve urban management methods.
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