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Research Article
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Strategic Environmental Assessment of Industrial Development Scenarios Through
Multi-criteria Decision Making Technique in Iran |
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Jafar Nouri
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Bizhan Maghsoudlou Kamali
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ABSTRACT
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In this study, the ways in which the multiple criteria decision making
technique is applied was considered in order to appraise strategic environmental
scenarios of industrial development. The main purpose of the study was to systematize
the environmental considerations in policies, plans and programs of industrial
development of Iran through a strategic environmental assessment approach and
further determine the environmental strategies of stable industrial development.
The analytical hierarchy process was employed in order to integrate evaluation
of industrial development scenarios. The results show that the most suitable
scenario of industrial development of Iran is the development of industries
such as: electronics, biotechnology and new material manufacturing as well as
the innovation of fully grown industries according to environmental considerations.
The least suitable scenario of industrial development is the continuation of
the existing industrial strategies which consist of export development, privatization,
energy consuming industries and machinery technology development without environmental
considerations.
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