A Study on environmental state of Urban settlements in Mazandaran Province with Using Decision- making Multi Criteria (VIKOR)

Assessment and evaluation is an accepted way to achieve sustainable development goals which can be seen as a means for environmental potential effects which is caused by implantation of construction and development projects in urban areas. This assessment can identify the potential effects of the project and provide an optimal choice to complete the project. Mazandaran province with diverse appropriate ecosystem is one of the most populated area of Iran which is suitable for human living but in recent years has shown a dramatically increase in rural population rate. This has led to an increase in urbanization rate which is consequently caused an increasing pressure on the environment. This research had been conducted with aiming analysis of environmental condition of urban settlement in Mazandaran province with application of VIKOR method. A comparative study of environmental condition of urban settlement revealed that settlements in tow cities of Mazandaran, namely Noshahr and Amol have achieved first and last grate among other cities accordingly.