Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

A model for presenting strategies for the urban environmental management: A case study of Tabriz

Author(s):

Naser Moharamnejad ¹, M. Badrifar ², H. Majedi ³, N. Feghi-Farahmand ⁴, M. E. Ramazani ^1*

Recieved Date: 2010-01-16, Accepted Date: 2010-04-08

Abstract:

Population growth, the destruction and pollution of the environment and lack of an effective management system are the grave problems that the major cities of our country are facing in present. The present situation, if continued, will cause irreparable damage and create serious disorder in the major cities, including Tabriz. The aim of this paper was to present strategies to improve the present state of the urban environment of the cities in Iran. To do this, the mission statement, the prospect and long-term objectives of environment management of Tabriz as the area under study are explained in details. In order to identify the main external and internal factors influencing the quality of environment management of the city, matrices for the External Factor Evaluation (EFE) and Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) are devised. The strategy for the promotion of the present state of environmental management is obtained with completion of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SOWT). Matrices to determine the degree of attractiveness of these strategies, their respective Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrices (QSPM) are devised. To devise the matrices and determine the mission statement, prospect and long-term objectives of the Tabriz environmental management the Delphi method, questionnaires and interview are used. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to determine the normal distribution of the data. The variance analysis and the comparison of the degree of attractiveness of the strategies showed that the higher quantity of the degree of attractiveness of a strategy does not imply its significance and priority over the others. To reach an answer for this need, a model has been proposed to determine and introduce the high priority strategies (QSPM). Using this model, high priority strategies to promote the present state of the environment of Tabriz were determined. The model for the development and prioritization of the urban environmental strategies proposed in this paper can serve as good example to determining the priority of the strategies for the urban environmental management, and the authorities and managers of other cities and organizations with wide range of activities can follow this model to evaluate and prioritize the strategies of their organization.

Keywords:

Pollution, strategy, city, environment, model, management, QSPM

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Journal: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
Year: 2010
Volume: 8
Issue: 2
Category: Environment
Pages: 851-858

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