saeed Motahari

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Environmental Management, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch

RESEARCH INTERESTS

ADVANCED GIS
EFQM
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSٍ
HSE
IDENTIFYING & ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
ISO 3 14001:2004
OHSAS 18001
RISK MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
WASTE MANAGEMENT

Scopus Publications

Carcinogenic and Health Risk Assessment of Respiratory Exposure to BTEX Compounds in Gasoline Refueling Stations in Karaj - Iran




Resistance and Resilience of Hyrcanian Mixed Forests Under Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances
Mehdi Vakili, Zahed Shakeri, Saeed Motahari, Maryam Farahani, Zachary James Robbins, and Robert M. Scheller
Frontiers Media SA
Biological disturbances are integral to forest ecosystems and have pronounced effects on forest resistance, resilience, and diversity. The Hyrcanian mixed forest, in northern Iran, is at risk of declining resistance, resilience, and diversity due to ongoing pressure from land use change, harvesting, and biological disturbances. We analyzed the resistance and resilience of this area under two biological disturbances (i.e., oak charcoal fungus, Biscogniauxia mediterranea, and alder leaf beetle, Galerucella lineola) and in concert with proposed harvesting. We used a simulation modeling approach whereby we simulated 12 combinations of biological disturbances and harvesting scenarios using the LANDIS-II landscape change model. We estimated the correlation between forest resistance and resilience and tree species diversity to harvesting and biological disturbance. We analyzed the full species composition and age class for 30 and 100 years after disturbances in order to assess resistance as the change in species composition over time. We considered resilience as the ability to recover from a disturbance back to a similar initial state. Results indicate a positive effect of biological disturbances and harvesting on diversity. Our simulations resulted in a negative relationship between diversity-resistance and diversity-resilience within high diversity areas. Our simulation of the Hyrcanian forest reveals that harvesting and biological disturbances, as tested, fulfill the goal of maintaining forest diversity. However, increasing diversity does not always follow by increasing forest resistance and resilience. Scenarios with oak charcoal fungus, both with and without harvesting indicate the lowest decrease in resilient and resistant.


Modeling of water–energy-environment nexus by water evaluation and planning and long-range energy alternative planning models: A case study
Nazanin Javadifard, Samira Khadivi, Saeed Motahari, and Maryam Farahani
Wiley



Environmental risk assessment of tourist routes; the case of Dohezar Forest road, Iran




Comparing multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) tool and huff model to determine the most appropriate method for selecting mountain tourism sites
Saeed Motahari, Jafar Nouri, Reza Arjmandi, Borhan Riazi, and Ali Asghar Aleshekh
OAIMDD - EcoZone Publishing House



Measurement and ranking the factors affecting on the organizational business by using Bsc and fuzzy network analysis process