DPSIR Model and its Capability in Formulating Environmental Indicators of Wind Erosion (Case Study: Reagan County)

The objective of this study was to introduce the DPSIR model and explain how to formulate environmental indicators to prevent the occurrence of environmental problems. With regard to population growth and the development of industries, followed by unfair exploitation of the environment and demands for it and the reduction of human benefits and income from the environment, decision-makers and planners are looking for a way to link the three aspects involved, namely economic, social, and environmental and to simplify complex environmental issues into a cyclic diagram that can identify root problems. Today, the DPSIR model is used as a tool for environmental measurement and assessment, that can be a proper management guide for planners and politicians. The DPSIR model has a set of diagnostic and analytical components that make the model more flexible. The DPSIR framework in research projects is usually aimed at supporting decision making. In the DPSIR approach, which consists of five separate, but interrelated components, implementations for the analysis of environmental problems, the process starts from distinguishing driving forces that give way to pressures, either directly or indirectly, which in a different time dimension, affects the performance of ecosystem functions, and human well-being leading to social responses. Using the DPSIR model, it is easy to develop environmental indicators in five categories and provide responses that are consistent with the environment, which can be used to prevent environmental damages.