TEHRAN — The second national conference on metropolises management with environmental approaches will open in Tehran on November 14.

The two-day event will be held in the Department of Environment, revolving around new environmental challenges arise by increasing urbanization and immigration to the metropolises, ISNA reported on Sunday.

Environmental challenges are of key significance in urban life and the consequences that will ensue would be a threat to both citizens’ life and health and almost all their activities in urban areas.

The first metropolises management national conference was held last year in December in association with ministries of interior, energy, industry, mine, and trade, health, agriculture, Iran's Cultural Heritage Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Tehran’s city council, Tehran’s Municipality, and many of the universities.

What was achieved last year at the conference in addressing environmental predicaments in urban areas has prompted the officials to hold the conference once again this year and make it an annual event.

In general the conference is aiming at enforcing the existing environmental regulations, setting national and regional strategies for environmental management, evaluating the current environmental policies and strategies, determining the governmental and non-governmental organizations role concerning environmental management, proposing new policies to promote environmental values and discussing ways to implementing such policies.

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