Document Type : Original Article
Author
قسم الجغرافية / كلية اللغات والعلوم الإنسانية / جامعة گرمیان
Abstract
Solid waste is one of the most important challenges faced by both developed and developing societies in the process of collecting, transporting and disposing of them, since they are connected to a direct relationship with the population and their development.The increase in population, industrial, economic, agricultural and technological development, as well as the improvement in the standard of living and its impact on changing the lifestyle and consumption, and the failure to follow the basis of health in the management of solid waste, this was accompanied by the accumulation of thousands of tons of waste in the alleys and residential areas and random dumps, Constitutes a danger to the health and safety of the population and the landscape and environment of the city and its natural and human resources and their reflection on the infrastructure of the city.
And the city of Khanaqin is only a miniature model of the cities of the world and the provinces of Iraq in the spread of the phenomenon of the spread and accumulation of waste in the streets, in the city mentioned the problem of waste of various kinds one of the most important daily problems and sustainable facing the population and municipalities and institutions interested in the environment, And analyze and address this scourge facing most of the world's cities, including the city in question through research into the environmental and municipal concepts of solid waste and its types and means and ways through which to get rid of this pest. As well as the sources of environmental pollutants and their geographical distribution in the study area, with emphasis on the causes and effects and dangers to the environment of the city and its inhabitants, with reference to how to deal and management with the problem of waste by the population and the state and the prospects of this future problem.
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