Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Esma'il Salehi ¹
• Saeed Negahban ²
• Zohreh Ja'farian Dehkordi ³

¹ Faculty Member of Faculty of the Environment, University of Tehran

² Faculty Member of Environmental Faculty, University of Tehran

³ Master of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran

Abstract

Cities are open systems that have always been the origin of change and are themselves changing and evolving, and given the growing population of cities in today's world, the physical space of the city has also expanded and occupied the surrounding land. The physical growth of cities has absorbed and destroyed high-quality land.
Human societies have been established in the early stages of formation with the aim of using high quality soils for agriculture, alongside or among high quality agricultural land. Over time, along with the expansion of the villages and their conversion into cities, and then the development of cities, high-quality agricultural lands have been added to the urban area and agricultural activities are retreating to poor lands.
This article tries to understand the environmental impacts of urban development using a method based on secondary sources, and the results show that this issue is taking place continuously in parts of the suburbs of any city with potential of development and expansion. This physical growth of cities causes the destruction of the environmental balance between the city and its surroundings, which not only reduces the quantity and quality of resources and living conditions, but also causes major complications such as air and water pollution, noise pollution, and In general, the destruction of the environment.

Keywords

• environment
• City
• development

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