Qadir Ashournejad

University of Mazandaran | UMZ · Department of Geography and Urban Planning

Planning and subsequent decision-making in tourism with accurate and up-to-date information ensures sustainable development of the country's assets. This information has become more accessible to researchers in recent years with the development of remote sensing technologies. In this study, using the potential of remote sensing products in integrat...

In recent years, recycling of municipal solid waste (MSW) has been recognized as one of the most efficient methods of waste management in terms of environmental benefits. This study investigates the energy savings and other environmental benefits of recycling of dry MSW collected in Shiraz, Iran (2018). The impact of different recycling rates (curr...

This work reports a characterization of PAHs-PM10, including associated health effects in the largest composting facility in Tehran, Iran. Measured PAHs-PM10 stemmed primarily from petrogenic sources with mean concentrations between 231.19 to 401.25 ng m�3. The distribution pattern of PAHs (in terms of ring number) exhibited the following order whe...

In transitioning towards cleaner production and any other new policy, public acceptance is often seen as a major issue. Edutainment energy parks, with the potential to produce and exhibit various renewable energies, seems to be a successful strategy for increasing public awareness and culture building that may lead to public acceptance. The locatio...

This study reports a characterization of indoor polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) associated with dust (dust-PAHs) in household evaporative coolers and their associated health effects. Extensive analysis showed that the indoor dust-PAHs stemmed mostly from pyrogenic sources (vehicular emissions) with mean total concentrations limited between...

This work summarizes characteristics of acetaldehyde and formaldehyde in autumn 2018 in the ambient air of a major bus terminal in Tehran, Iran. The average (±standard deviation) concentration of formaldehyde/acetaldehyde was 109.99 ± 23.47/85.4 ± 17.17 μg m⁻³. Major sources of these species were traffic emissions, photochemical processes, and biog...

The Pars Special Economic Energy Zone (PSEEZ) is the largest global special economic zone in the field of oil, gas, and petrochemical industry. The Nayband national marine park is located in the PSEEZ and mangrove forests are spread throughout the estuaries (Bidkhun or Asaloyeh, Basatin and Haleh) of the park. Despite important goods and ecosystem...

Introduction Ecosystem services are the benefits people get from ecosystems and human always needs ecosystem services and products for survival. These services are divided into four categories of productive, regulatory, cultural and life support services; the first three categories are directly affecting people, and the fourth one is critical for t...

This study describes a spatio-temporal characterization of concentrations of BTEX in ambient air of four hot spots (bus terminals) in the megacity of Tehran. Monte Carlo simulations were performed to evaluate cancer risk and non-cancer risk owing to BTEX exposure in three age groups (< 6, 6 to<21 and 21 to<81 years). The average toluene to benzene...

The popular use of geographical information system (GIS) technology in landslide assessment ensures good, accurate and fast results with less cost and manages mass movements and identifies safe areas for the development of new settlements. In the literature, different methods have been applied in landslide susceptibility assessment using various mo...

This study characterized spatio-temporal variations in the concentration of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) compounds in the vicinity of gas and compressed natural gas (CNG) stations in Tehran, Iran. Health risk assessment (HRA) was computed using Monte Carlo simulations (MCS) for evaluating inhalation lifetime cancer risk (LTCR),...

This study reports a spatiotemporal characterization of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in the summer and winter of 2017 in the urban area of Shiraz, Iran. Sampling was fulfilled according to EPA Method TO-11 A. The inverse distance weighting (IDW) procedure was used for spatial mapping. Monte Carlo simulations were conducted to evaluate carcinogenic...

Shorelines are the most important linear phenomena on earth’s surface that have a dynamic nature. Thus, favorite coastal management and environmental protection towards sustainable development requires the extraction of the coastline and its changes. For this purpose, coastal zone monitoring in an appropriate time context is of great importance. As...

Oil spills are major water polluting sources. Due to its devastating effects on the sea and ocean ecosystem, detecting oil pollution in the shortest time and with the highest confidence level is necessary. Remote sensing being a suitable option, the capability of Landsat multispectral data and airborne hyper-spectral data from the AVIRIS sensor was...

Reviewing the concepts of space and tourism industry, tourism is in an old, deep, unbreakable bound with spatial and physical dimensions. In this way, the lack of systematic and scientific ranking process in spatial locating of rural tourism spots and also improper distribution of infrastructures are the critical deficiencies in this field. The res...

Introduction Flood, as one of natural disasters, causes considerable damages in almost all parts of the world including Iran. Therefore, watershed prioritization is a practical useful tool which provides relevant information in the flood prevention planning. Floods cause severe damages in terms of both natural environments and human lives, making t...

Collecting, transferring, and excretion of urban garbage have sanitary and socio-economic importance. The plethora of waste generation cause many acute problems, which are considered as environmental crisis in many countries. Based on necessity and facilities, garbage collecting and transferring is carried out by many ways. The most common way is t...

Growth of banks, financial and credit institutes in the recent years, their competition for more advantages and also the subject of customer satisfaction made it essential to use scientific methods for an optimized performance. An optimal decision, especially in site selection of financial institution or services, plays an important role in success...

Most organizations and financial institutions are facing with spatial decision makings. Optimum decision making affects the institutes’ success, achievement to their objectives and attracting customers. Modern banking services have evolved by the development of modern technologies. The most sensible aspect of banking services evolution is based on...

Nowadays, because of the competition between banks and financial and credit institutions for attracting more resources, dominating the factors affecting the mobilization of financial resource has become very important. One of the effective elements in the mobilization of money resource in modern banking is attending the desirability of banks and fi...