Evaluation of Sustainable Development (Economic Indicators) in Parand New City

Introduction: Sustainable development has been an important part of urban management and lack of attention to this issue can seriously threaten the life of the city and its citizens in long-term. Large cities confront high population growth and frame development, and lack of attention to sustainable development has made the cities to face issues and problems such as the separation of workplace from the residential areas, being away from nature, reducing recreational areas and spending leisure time, reducing open space and finally confront lack of liveliness. Attitude of sustainable development, in practice, can be raised in terms of sustainable development of natural resources (renewable and non-renewable), efficient use of resources, less pollution for the environment and sustainable society.Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the economic factors affecting the sustainable development indicators in the industrial city of Parand and investigating the status of sustainable development in this industrial city.Methodology: This is an applied descriptive-survey. The study population consists all residents of Parand city whose number is unknown and unlimited. The sample population was obtained as 384 through simple random sampling and Krejcie and Morgan Table. The collected data was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics such as mean, median and chi-square test.Findings: As the results indicated, the economic indicators of sustainable development in the new industrial city of Parand are in a very good situation.Conclusion:It is necessary for the city managers and practitioners to attend more to promote the developmental indicators in this city regarding the mentioned indicators.

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Sustainable Development , Parand City , Economic Indicators , New City