Presenting a Model of System Dynamics for Air Pollution Caused by Ceramic Tile Industry in Yazd

Abstract

Air pollution is undoubtedly one of the most important environmental issues in the world and especially in major cities. The need to investigate this issue is apparent given the importance of the problem of air pollution and its impact on the health of residents. The problem of air pollution in metropolises is the result of the combination of several factors, one of the most important onebeing the industrial sector and, among them, polluting industries including ceramic tile industry. Using a dynamic system modeling approach and selecting Yazd, Iran as a case study and alsoconsidering the inherent complexity of each of the factorsthat makes it impossible to be analyzed using conventional tools of mathematical modeling, this study tries to presenta pollution subsystem of ceramic tile industry in order to analyze the problem of air pollution of Yazd. This simulation is carried out over a six-year period using Vensim software, and represents a long-term vision. This model and the simulation accompanying it can be used as an applied decision support system for ceramic tile industry decision-makers and environmentalists in order to make the best possible decisions based on the circumstances of their organization or factory.

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