The effects of the physical growth of Jajarm city on its environmental quality

Today, rapid urban growth has affected all cities in small, medium, and large scales, which includes the urban environment and has a direct relationship with the quality of urban life and its sustainability. Therefore, in this research, the process of heterogeneous physical expansion of the small city of Jajarm and the most important effects of this growth on the environmental components have been analyzed. This study was the descriptive-analytical method. The data collection method was based on a survey and documentary. Therefore, the researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. The sampling method was probabilistic and snowball, which 30 people have been questioned in the snowball sampling. Findings illustrated that the growth of Jajarm city in the years between 1335 to 1395 has been uneven and heterogeneous that This issue has affected different parts of the city, especially the environment. In order to estimate the impact of heterogeneous growth of Jajarm city on environment many components have been evaluated including waste, wastewater management, green space, health care, water resources, natural hazards, and air quality, which the first three components are the most affected and the latter three components are the least affected by this change. The result is that the city of Jajarm, in a short period, which this increase was not planned but has grown spontaneously in a spiral pattern. So, except in some of the indicators in all the studied indicators, the test value averages obtained were higher than the assumed average and has been indicating the heterogeneous growth of the city and its negative impact on the quality of environmental indicators.