Introduction

Environmental sustainability refers to the responsible management and use of natural resources. Environmental sustainability is divided into two main areas: natural environmental sustainability and human environmental sustainability. Both concepts relate to the balance between resource use and environmental protection, but their focus is different. Natural environmental sustainability refers to the conservation and management of ecosystems and natural resources without excessive human intervention. The main goal is to allow nature to regenerate itself and maintain its ecological balance. Human environmental sustainability deals with the relationship between humans and the environment and the impact of human activities on nature. The goal is to meet human needs (such as food, housing, energy) in a way that does not harm the environment. These two concepts are interdependent. Human activities have a direct impact on the natural environment, and on the other hand, the health of the natural environment is essential for human survival and well-being.
In general, the concept of environmental sustainability involves maintaining a balance between economic growth, social welfare and environmental protection. Maintaining a balance between economic growth, social welfare and environmental protection is one of the basic principles of sustainability. This concept means creating harmony between these three areas, so that progress in one area does not come at the expense of others. In fact, sustainable development seeks to create a society in which a thriving economy, broad social welfare, and a healthy environment coexist.
The relationship between geography and environmental sustainability is very deep and multidimensional, because geography studies humans and the environment in their interactions with different places and spaces. Therefore, geography, as an interdisciplinary science, plays a key role in understanding and realizing environmental sustainability.
The key principles for maintaining a balance between economic growth, social welfare, and environmental protection are:
Sustainable economic growth, in the sense that economic development should be in a way that does not harm the environment. The use of green technologies and sustainable innovations to reduce negative impacts on the environment is another dimension. Also, the creation of green and sustainable jobs that protect the environment while growing economically is of interest. In terms of social welfare, it is important to ensure equitable access to resources and facilities for all members of society, and to improve the quality of life through access to education, health, housing, and food security. It is also necessary to reduce social and economic inequalities. In terms of environmental protection, sustainable management of natural resources such as water, soil, air, and energy, reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems are important. Environmental sustainability is also important in terms of various planning dimensions. Sustainability of the social environment refers to the concept of creating and maintaining a balance between the needs of society, human well-being, and environmental protection. This concept is based on the principle that economic and social development should be carried out in a way that does not harm the environment and ensures social justice for all members of society. Sustainability of the rural environment refers to the concept of managing and developing rural areas in a way that maintains a balance between economic, social, and environmental needs. The main goal is to enable rural communities to live in a sustainable way without harming natural resources and the environment. This concept includes protecting natural resources, improving the quality of life of rural people, and creating sustainable economic opportunities. Sustainability of urban environments refers to the concept of designing, planning, and managing cities in a way that meets the current needs of urban residents without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This concept involves creating a balance between economic growth, social well-being, and environmental protection in urban areas. Sustainability of the political environment refers to the concept of creating and maintaining policies, laws, and governance structures that support sustainable development at the local, national, and global levels. Sustainability also takes into account physical dimensions, in which infrastructure and vital arteries are planned in a way that causes minimal damage to the natural environment. In this regard, the Journal of Geography and Environmental Sustainability tries to examine the challenges in this field and provide basic solutions. With this in mind, the journal only reviews and publishes articles that follow the above approaches.

 

 

 

Journal Policy

The Journal of Geography and Environmental Sustainability as a quarterly journal accepts only topics related to the sustainability of the geographical space for publication in the following options.

1. Fundamental Research: An article in which a new theory or method is invented, or a new solution to a problem is presented.
2. Applied Research: An article in which well-known theories and methods are applied in a specific field and new results are presented in it.
3. Research Note: An article in which the result of a research is briefly stated and is expected to lead to a more detailed research article or articles in the future.
4. Review: An article in which the history of theories and methods is comprehensively reviewed and opinions are presented about the present and future of the subject under discussion.

 

Submit Manuscript

The article in DOCX format and in compliance with the items mentioned in this guide should be sent through the system to (http://ges.razi.ac.ir).

 

The cost of publishing the article

For all stages of the initial review and refereeing stages, as well as editing and publication, no payment will be received from the authors.

 

Authors' Commitment

• Completing the monopoly form for publishing the article obliges the authors that the article has not been previously published elsewhere or sent to another journal at the same time, and will not be sent until the final response is received from the journal's editor-in-chief.
• The authors are responsible for the contents of the article.
• The Journal of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, in line with international publishing standards, has based on peer review and open access. In this regard, this journal has chosen the Double Blind Peer Review procedure.

Journal Structure

* Persian title

The title should be short, comprehensive, and expressive of the main topic of the article.

 *Authors

The authors' first and last name, position, place of work, e-mail (academic or organizational), and contact number of the authors should be provided by specifying the contact author. The scientific characteristics of the authors should be as follows:

Academic Rank, Department .............. Faculty............ University.......... , the name of the city.

Important Notes:

• The order in which the authors' names are entered into the system must be exactly based on the order of the authors' names in the authors' profile file.
• After the registration of authors, no authors will be removed or added and no changes will be made in the authors' profiles.
• Be sure to insert the orchid code of all authors with an orchid icon in the form of a link on the name of each author.

Persian Abstract

The article should have an abstract in Persian (minimum of 200 and maximum of 250 words).

Persian keywords

A minimum of three words and a maximum of five key words separated by a comma (,) and written in alphabetical order should be given.

 English Title

The English title should be an accurate translation of the Persian title.

English Abstract

The article should have an abstract in English (minimum of 200 and maximum of 250 words).

English keywords

A minimum of three words and a maximum of five key words separated by a comma (,) and written in alphabetical order should be given. English keywords should be equivalent to Persian keywords.

Authors in English

The name and surname, position and place of work of the author(s) should be given in English. The scientific characteristics of the authors should be as follows:

Position, Department of .............., Faculty of ..............., University ............., City, Country

Extended Abstracts

Extended abstracts in English and Persian in at least 700 words and a maximum of 1000 words should be added to the end of the article. This abstract should be a summary of the introduction, materials and methods, results and discussions, conclusions, and finally keywords.

Writing the article

• The main text of the article should be prepared in a single column with a B Zar font and size 12 and an English Times New Roman font with a size of 10 and with a single space line spacing.
• For English words, the term and approved Persian equivalents should be used as much as possible. If the English equivalent of a Persian word needs to be used, the English equivalent should be inserted only once and in parentheses for the first time using the Persian word.
• The number of pages of the article (including all parts of the article, including English and Persian abstracts, references, etc.) that is prepared in accordance with this guide, should not exceed 20 pages.
• The person in charge of correspondence from the article, before submitting the article, should check the similarity with one of the appropriate software, so that it does not show more than two percent similarity from a source.

 

Article Structure

*The contents should be presented in the following order

Introduction

In the introduction, the theoretical foundations along with the background are expressed in a coherent, integrated, and continuous way in order to be able to determine the subject and problem of the research and what is in the crucible of ambiguity. The author's goal in writing this part of the article is not to arrange the quotations in a separate and unrelated way, but to narrate a current and express the existing vacuum.

 

Materials and Methods,

• The introduction of the study area is introduced at the beginning of this part.
• The data used in the second part should be explained.
• In the third part, the study method is described. In the research method, the author should avoid stating generalities and definitions related to the research method, and explain in detail how he has collected and analyzed the data in order to estimate the purpose or objectives of the research (or to solve the scientific gap expressed in the introduction). These explanations should be so precise that any reader can do them step by step, if needed, and reach the same conclusion that the author has reached.
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Results

In the results section, only those that are related to the research objectives should be mentioned. The research method, background, or any topic that takes the reader's mind away from the subject should be avoided. If the results of the research are very extensive, categorize them regularly and explain them under appropriate headings. Use appropriate tables and graphs in your descriptions and translate the statistical results into the language of geography.

Discussion

The discussion of the article requires deep thought. In this section, based on further observations, the theoretical foundations of science, the history of previous researches and experiences, as well as statistical analyses, it should be shown to what extent the results of the research are close to reality. In the text of the article, it is not appropriate to write this article whether or not it is in line with another research, and this issue should be shown by the author's analysis, not his claim, in other words, the author should try to show by comparing various researches where the divergences and convergences between his research and others are and for what reason.

Conclusion,

The final part of the article is the conclusion. This topic is not an abstract or a repetition of the results of the research, but the author in this section, based on the discussion he has conducted, issues his definitive verdict in general, in other words, now the results of the author's research have passed through an evaluation filter called the discussion and its effectiveness and application have been determined, and the conclusion is the best topic that the author has the opportunity to reach the result and the extent of its effectiveness to report. If the author feels that based on the experience he has gained, he can improve his research in a certain way and expand its generalizability, or achieve new models or improve problem solving, he can make suggestions in conclusion.

 

Authors' Contributions

In this section, the type of collaboration and the percentage of participation of the authors of the article should be written.

Acknowledgments (if needed)

If the author or authors have used the financial resources of a particular organization or institutions in preparing the article, or want to thank and appreciate those who have helped them in writing the article, they should mention this in the acknowledgment section.

References

• The Journal of Geography and Environmental Stability has chosen the style of the American Psychological Association (APA) as the criterion for citation or referencing method. In this method, the name of the author or authors is mentioned in the text first, then the year of publication, and if the quotation is direct, the page number is also mentioned after that. Referencing, depending on the tone of the author's expression, may be given at the beginning or end of a sentence or text.
• Also, Persian sources should be translated into correct Latin and placed in the English sources section, and at the end of each translated source, the phrase (In Persian) should be given for Persian sources. And the sources that are articles should have the DOI of that article in the form of a link at the end of the source.
• To translate Persian sources, refer to the English abstract of the article, the English title page of the book, the English title page of the thesis, etc. or ask a translator for help. The "Google Translate" program does not give you the right answer.
• The sources used should not be less than thirty sources. It is preferable to refer to sources that have been published in the last ten years (not older sources).
• Only sources should be mentioned at the end of the article that are also used in the text, and similar and less important sources should be avoided.
• In the in-text references, the names of English authors should be written in English and the year.
• At the end of the article, first the Persian sources and then the foreign sources, in the form of articles, books, internet references, etc. (according to the examples below), should be arranged in the order of Persian or English alphabets. Sources with different year of publication, author(s) in ascending order of the year of publication and related to a year by adding the letters "A", "B", "P" and ... or "a", "b" and "c" ” etc. should be given after the year of publication.
• The address of any source that is given in the text should also come at the end of the article.

The way to refer to sources in the text should be as follows:

• Books and direct quotations: author's surname, year of publication: page number; Like (Alijani, 2017: 22)
• Article: surname of the author(s), year of publication; A: The number of authors should be one (Alijani, 2014); B: The number of authors should be two: (Alijani and Kaviani, 2014); A: The number of authors should be more than two: (Alijani et al., 2014).

The method of writing references at the end of the article should be based on the APA style and as in the following examples:

References type: Book

The general model book of the first author's last name, the first author's name; Last name of the second author, first name of the second author and last name of the second author, first name of the second author (year of publication). The title of the book (in italics). Place of publication: Publisher.

Briggs, D., Smithson, P., Addison, K. & Atkinson, K. (1997). Fundamentals of the physical environment. London: Routledge.

Resource type: translated book

The translated book of the general pattern of surname, name (translation publication date). Name of the book (in italics). Translator: translator's name and surname. Place of publication of the translation: Publisher.

Shelton, Marlin (2018). Hydroclimatology. Translator: Hassan Zulfagari. Kermanshah: Razi University Publisher.

Resource type: Journal articles

Journal articles, general pattern, first author's last name, first author's name; Last name of the second author, first name of the second author and last name of the second author, first name of the second author (year of publication). Title of the article. Name of the magazine (in italics), year or period (in italics) (number), the beginning page of the article - the end page of the article. Digital ID of the article or DOI (if available)

Lee, J. A., Gill, T. E., Mulligan, K. R., Dominguez Acosta, M., & Perez, A. E. (2009). Land use/land cover and point sources of the 15 December 2003 dust storm in southwestern North America. Geomorphology, 105 (1–2), 18–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.12.016

Resource type: Dissertation and Thesis

Dissertation and thesis general pattern author's last name, author's name (date of publication). Title of thesis/dissertation (in italics). Dissertation of the field, name of the university.

  Ahmadi Malavardi, Majid (2012). Modification and recalibration of the LFH index for flood zoning of the Qarasu river. Master's thesis in Geomorphology, Razi University.

Resource type: Collection of articles

Collection of articles, general pattern, author's last name, author's name (date of publication). Name of the article. In: editor's name, collection name (in italics), (pp. page numbers). Place of publication: Publisher.

Sharifzadeh, Reza (1377). The principles of crisis management in unexpected events and natural disasters. In: Mahmoud Hosseini, collection of papers of the first national conference on earthquake engineering of vital arteries, (pp. 343-349). Tehran: International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering.

Resource type: Books published in organizations or institutions

Books published in organizations or institutions, the general pattern of the name of the organization or institution (year of publication). Book title (in italics). Place of publication: Publisher.

  Shiraz municipality (2015). The latest country divisions of Shiraz city. Shiraz: Fars Governorate.

Resource type: Web site

Web site general template author's last name, author's name (if available, date of publication). The title of the article used (in italics). Taken from: Internet address.

  The National Center for Drought and Crisis Management (2016). Meteorological drought status report of the country for the crop year 2015-2016. Retrieved from: http://ndc.irimo.ir/far/index.php

 

If you use other sources of information, use APA style.

Figures and Tables

• In setting up tables, curves, figures and images, it is necessary to observe the following points:
• In drawing maps, try to observe all the principles of cartography. The coordinates, scale, guide, direction of the map and especially the titles of the important features of the map text must be legibly inserted in it, so that even after the map is reduced, their clarity does not decrease.
• The text of the figures should be in color or black and white and with appropriate quality (300 dpi resolution) and their number and title should be given below.
• The photos must be clear, their contents legible and scaled. It is mandatory to mention the source of photos or figures adapted from other sources.
• The font and its size, especially in the case of the guide and the text of the maps and diagrams, should be selected in such a way that they are readable for printing after reducing the scale of the figure.
• The diagrams should be drawn simply, the numerical guide of the diagrams should be in Farsi, and multidimensional diagrams should be avoided.
• All titles, numbers, units and scales in tables, figures and other parts of the article must be in Farsi. The units used should also be mentioned based on the metric system.
• The visual presentation of tables, equations, references or direct writing on the figures deprives the editor of the possibility of editing; Therefore, it is necessary to include these items in typed form in the text.

The address of the Journal office

 Kermanshah, Silk Garden, Razi University, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Quarterly Office of Geography and Environmental Sustainability

Telefax: 0833-4283903 Internal Manager: +98 9185817989