Geoscience for the Public Good and Global Development: Toward a Sustainable Future

Geological constraints on sustainable urban growth and management of the metropolis of Tehran, Iran
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Published:May 01, 2016
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Vahid Ahadnejad, Ann Marie Hirt, Hasan Alizadeh, 2016. "Geological constraints on sustainable urban growth and management of the metropolis of Tehran, Iran", Geoscience for the Public Good and Global Development: Toward a Sustainable Future, Gregory R. Wessel, Jeffrey K. Greenberg
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Tehran, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a case of unplanned urban development. About 12% of Iranians are Tehran dwellers, and geology plays a major role in their environment. The city is located in northern Iran in the foothills of the Alborz Mountains. Sediments underlying the city are composed of coarse (northern part of Tehran) to very fine (southern part of Tehran) sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone with interbeds of gravels and pebbles in various proportions up to a depth of 1600 m. The early settlers were attracted to the area because there were bountiful springs and kanats...
- air pollution
- annual variations
- archaeological sites
- Asia
- clastic rocks
- earthquakes
- Elburz
- fluctuations
- geologic hazards
- ground water
- human activity
- infiltration galleries
- Iran
- land subsidence
- land use
- landslides
- mass movements
- Middle East
- mudstone
- natural hazards
- natural resources
- pollution
- sandstone
- sedimentary rocks
- sewage
- siltstone
- springs
- substrates
- sustainable development
- Tehran Iran
- urban environment
- urban planning
- urbanization
- water balance
- water resources
- water table
- water wells
- qanats