]nvestigating waste management and environmental treatment of citizens in relationship with population and residence structures in Varamin city

Document Type : Research Article (Applied - Development)

Authors

1 Kharazmi University

2 Assiciate professor, faculty of Geographical Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

10.22103/jusg.2026.2173

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this article is to evaluate waste management (WM) and the treatment of citizens on WM to find that whether they are related to the structure of population and settlement.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical research it is used survey data that be collected from sample people of household heads using a questionnaire. For data analysis, it is applied the one-sample T-Test, descriptive parameters by using SPSS software, Interoplation-IDW tools, and Extract Multi Variables to Point and Fuzzy Overlay by using the Arc GIS.
Results: The evaluation of WM and treatment in total indicators obtained an average value of 3.13 of the evaluation range between 1 to 5 which indicates an average level. Nearly three-quarters of the treatment indicators show an average level and a only afew of them show a very unfavorable or very favorable situation. The southern and southwestern edges of the city present a more unfavorable situation in terms of WM. No significant correlation is obtained between the quality of mannagement and waste treatment with the 7 population-residential indicators. Also, the highest correlation figure is only +0.22 for the indicator of literate people. Although there is no significant difference in zoning maps of the variables, but in the central parts of the city, they are more similar.
Conclusion: There are many shortcomings in both management and citizenship treatment. management indicators reveal more weaknesses than the treatment indicators.

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