application ofdpsir framework for integrated environmentalassessment of urbanareas:acase study of tehran

investigating urban environmental conditions, informs us about the unsustainability and excessivedegradation of ecological context, which result in rising environmental concerns among the society. classifiedinformation about the status and trends of environmental components is needed as a rational tool to help urbansustainable planning and soer reports can help provide such information. preparing the state of environmentreport (soer) for cities around the world has become a pervasive action and fortunately tehran is amongpioneer cities in this aspect. this research is based on the results of tehran’s second state of environment report,in which different aspects of environmental problems are investigated in city of tehran. the results show anincrease in environmental loads, which is evident from the rate of land cover change, water consumption andwaste production. degradation of ecological environment in tehran is severe for soil pollution, biodiversity lossand climate change which can be the result of other environmental factors degradation such as air and water. inthe end, according to components of dpsir causal chain, different responses are proposed that can serve as aframework to develop strategies and action plans for a more efficient environmental planning of city of tehran.we conclude that dpsir model can link different aspects and depict the interaction and interconnectedness ofdifferent components of environmental issues in urban areas.