Environmental impact assessment of Mine Utilization Using  Iranian Leopold Matrix (Study area: Sangan khaf mines)

Amiri, Sajad; Azarnivand, Hossein; Ghorbani, Mehdi; Jafari, Mohammad; Barkhordari, Sajad; Azadi, Hossein

doi:10.22059/jrwm.2024.96796

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Department of Reclamation of Arid and Mountainous Regions, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

² Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

³ Department of Human Geography, Faculty of Geography, University of Gent, Belgium

10.22059/jrwm.2024.96796

Abstract

Awareness of human about the existence of environmental pollution crisis and its effects on his own destiny can have a positive effect on changing the course of these crises. Sangan mines release dust particles and pollutants into the soil and air, which will have huge consequences for environmental pollution and even endanger human Health, including the spread of skin and respiratory diseases. Environmental assessment is considered as one of the most efficient methods to evaluate and predict plans and projects on environmental components, so the present study aims to Environmental impact assessment of Mine Utilization Using Iranian Leopold Matrix (Study area: Sangan Khaf Mines). The main tool for collecting research data for the study area is a library and a field survey based on a questionnaire that was completed among the community of experts. The statistical sample population is 30 experts who were familiar with environmental issues. The results showed that the number of negative algebraic mean effects in the column is equal to 10 and the number of negative algebraic mean consequences in the row is equal to 14, among which the number of negative consequences less than -3.1 in the column is only related to the effects of dust diffusion. The most important negative effects among the environmental components are related to dust diffusion activity with an average classification of -3.1 with an algebraic sum of -50.

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Environmental impact assessment of Mine Utilization Using Iranian Leopold Matrix (Study area: Sangan khaf mines)

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Volume 77, Issue 1
April 2024
Pages 18-32

Environmental impact assessment of Mine Utilization Using Iranian Leopold Matrix (Study area: Sangan khaf mines)

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Volume 77, Issue 1April 2024Pages 18-32

Volume 77, Issue 1
April 2024
Pages 18-32