INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE OF POLLUTION IN THE MICRO-SCALE DESIGN OF MEGA-CITIES:A CASE STUDY OF ENGHELAB STREET, TEHRAN

Bahareh Motamed (), Leila Mahmoudi Farahani and Elmira Jamei
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Bahareh Motamed: Deakin University - Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap St, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Leila Mahmoudi Farahani: Deakin University - Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap St, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Elmira Jamei: Deakin University - Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap St, Geelong, VIC, Australia

Management Research and Practice, 2015, vol. 7, issue 4, 43-59

Abstract: Today there is a growing concern about urbanization and its impact on environmental pollution, which threatens human health and quality of life especially in mega cities. The mega city of Tehran, the capital of Iran, deals with various types of pollution. Although a large body of research has highlighted the significance of study on urban pollution in mega cities, only a few studies have addressed the issue at the micro scale. However, most of the research is restricted to air and noise pollution, whereas visual pollution as an important type of pollution that can be interpreted more deeply on a micro-scale, has been neglected. This study aims to evaluate some of the major issues of environmental pollution in Tehran by focusing on the micro-scale of the street. Therefore, as the central part of Tehran is one of the most affected divisions in the city, Enghelab Street has been selected as the case study for this research. This paper argues that identification and implementation of pollution mitigating strategies in Tehran’s master plan is not responsive enough to the whole city. This study of Enghelab Street reveals that policy making strategies for decreasing pollution should be initiated from micro-scale with further emphasis on psychological health. In the future, the lessons learned from the case study of Enghelab will help other major cities in developing countries to combat pollution through initiating from most affected districts in small scale.

Keywords: Micro_scale; Environmental Pollution; Air pollution; Noise pollution; Visual Pollution. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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