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  1 - Impact Assessment of Candidate Landfill Sites for Zanjan City Using Improved RIAM Method
  Ghazal Monzavi Abdolrassoul Salmanmahiny Habibollah Yunesi
  Background and Objectives: In Zanjan city, no research has been conducted for selection of asuitable site for sanitary disposal of solid waste. At the moment, a traditional landfill site is used forsolid wastes disposal in the vicinity of the city. The site has high pot More

  Background and Objectives: In Zanjan city, no research has been conducted for selection of asuitable site for sanitary disposal of solid waste. At the moment, a traditional landfill site is used forsolid wastes disposal in the vicinity of the city. The site has high potential to pollute the environmentdue to the open air practice of waste disposal. Hence, it is urgent to select a site for this purpose fromamongst the proposed ones.Unsuitable landfill sites may have many negative impacts. Using environmental impact assessmentcan highly help mitigate the negative effects and arrive at a sound environmental management plan.RIAM is an approach that guarantees a sound and at the same time fast and clear evaluation of themain environmental impacts of development projects. This approach has many advantages and somedisadvantages, and of the latter the subjectivity has been targeted in this research.We used the RIAM that was upgraded with the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to lower thesubjectivity implicit in the scoring of the impacts and introduce more objectivity to the process.Method of study: We used suggested landfill sites in Zanjan City and assessed their environmentalimpacts through integration of AHP and RIAM methods. Comparing the effects of each of theselandfills on the environment helped us in selecting the least impacting one.Results: In the process, we integrated the RIAM with the AHP and found the present landfill site stillholds some edge over other suggested sites. The possibility of improving the original RIAM methodwith the AHP was also shown to be applicable and promising.Discussion and conclusion: This study shows that RIAM method can be upgraded throughintegration with the AHP method. The integration transformed challenging ideas on the scoring of theimpacts and provided an opportunity for inclusion of expert opinion and greatly enhancedachievement of a unified impact score. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Evaluation of the Impact of Urban Development on the Climate Change in Mashhad Metropolis, Using Iranian Leopold Matrix and Pastakia Matrix
  zohreh moradi Maryam Daneshvar
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  3 - Evaluation of the Environmental Impact of Khurshid Park through Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM)
  Sanaz Saeedi Mofrad Mahdi Taleb Elm Ali Izadi
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  4 - Design a fractal innovation model with a sustainable approach in a chaotic environment
  Amir Mehrbanpajooh Ghanbar Abbaspour Asghar Moshabaki Esfahani Gholamreza Hashemzadeh Khorasgani
  Today,‌sustainable innovation has become-one-of the requirements of-the-world,‌so that most managers and production-activists-who are concerned about the environment,‌use this type of innovation in order to be sustainable in a turbulent and turbulent economic environmen More

  Today,‌sustainable innovation has become-one-of the requirements of-the-world,‌so that most managers and production-activists-who are concerned about the environment,‌use this type of innovation in order to be sustainable in a turbulent and turbulent economic environment,‌as well as to adapt to it.‌Due to its unique characteristics,‌fractal innovation is closely related to the concepts of sustainability‌(social and ecological) because this view of innovation seeks to minimize resources‌(raw materials,‌production resources,‌energy, water,‌waste-and-financial resources).The purpose of this study is to provide a model that can be used to consider the dynamics of innovation and business sustainability factors.‌Also,‌the present study is quantitative and-exploratory.‌In this-study,‌the-components of the fractal innovation model of sustainability were classified using Heidegger method and their originality was measured using the Iranian matrix method.‌In addition,‌in order to prioritize the components over the indicators,-the rapid impact assessment matrix method was used, then the four-level focal model was used to present the model.‌The statistical population of this research is science and technology parks active in the field of innovation in Iran,‌ten of which were selected as a sample‌(expert)‌and with the help of interviews and distribution of questionnaires,‌the data obtained with the help of Excel software were analyzed.As a result,30‌components of the fractal sustainable innovation were founded,‌the most important components included components of circular economy,‌large scale change,‌external capability,‌resource efficiency,‌stakeholder co-creation,‌competitive evaluation,‌economical innovation is the most important and prioritized. Manuscript profile
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  5 - Evaluation of environmental effects of Ayoshan Dam using Leopold and Matrix modified matrix method
  MahmoudReza Maghouli Mahmoud Zakeri Niri Masomeh Sohrabi
  Major Dam construction projects have increased due to the widespread climate change, because of increased drought, human population growth and, consequently, increased global demand for energy and water. However, without comprehensive research, a large project such as a More

  Major Dam construction projects have increased due to the widespread climate change, because of increased drought, human population growth and, consequently, increased global demand for energy and water. However, without comprehensive research, a large project such as a dam will have an irreversible and unpredictable impact on the environment. A survey on the history of dam construction projects shows that many of them have been designed and exploited regardless of environmental considerations, thus causing various contamination and destruction of major parts of natural resources have been. In this research, the environmental impacts of the Eyvashan earth dam were identified in two phases of construction and exploitation on biological, physical-chemical, economic-social, cultural and strategic environments, using Leopold modified matrix and rapid impact assessment matrix (RIAM). The results showed that the most negative and negative effects in the construction phases and exploitation in the modified Leopold matrix and the Rapid Impact Assessment matrix related to the physical-chemical environment. In addition, the most positive effects in construction and exploitation phases for the modified Leopold matrix are related to the strategic and socio-economic environments and for the matrix of the assessment of the Rapid Impact Assessment of the socioeconomic environment on both phases. The results show a very good fit between the two matrices and confirm the accuracy of the results in the environmental assessment of the Eyvashan Dam in two stages of construction and exploitation. Manuscript profile