Designing a Model of Environmental Impacts of Loading and Establishing Peripheral Industries on Rural Areas (Case Study: Mobarakeh County)

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PhD. Graduate, Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran

10.22075/ceasr.2025.37864.1050

Abstract

Background and purpose: Today, development in industrial projects in addition to supply some of human needs wanted or unwanted were caused of instabilities and lots of environmental problems for residents of near these industries. This matter was increased the necessity of environmental effects on geographical space. environmental and ecosystem framework structure in rural settlements of this city in recent 30 years have undergone instabilities. This research was followed with recognition and evaluation of environmental effects and loading of industries on rural settlements of Mobarakeh.

Material and methods: In recent decades, Mobarakeh is converted to one of the industrial poles because it has mother industries and upstream industries and industrial town. This city has 419 active units and 31000 employed people. In this research, collected data was analyzed by using of SPSS and AMOS software and for analyzing these have been taken from descriptive statistics and structural equations.

Findings: In direction of industries rule about environmental instability of Mobarakeh rural settlements were taken care of 11 variables such as: increasing of relative temperature, decreasing of relative snowfall, lowering of groundwater level, transferring of agriculture water for industry,

Conclusion: Results of aforementioned reviewed showed that in recent 50 years loading and establishment of industries in Mobarakeh have undergone some instabilities of ecosystem and environment of study area, in such a way that perspective of household heads showed that study area on environmental dimension has encountered with some instabilities like atmospheric fluctuations, environmental destruction, pollution and dangers.

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Climate and Ecosystem of Arid and Semi-arid Regions
Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 3
December 2025
Pages 171-190

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History

  • Receive Date: 25 May 2025
  • Revise Date: 19 June 2025
  • Accept Date: 18 August 2025

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