Background and Aims: the approach of sustainable urban development management, paying special attention to sustainable indicators of the city is necessary to provide the citizens' wishes and opinions on city affairs in order to achieve balance and sustainable urban development. Based on this, the aim of this article is to examine the economic development policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, focusing on development programs in environmental protection.
Materials and Methods: This article is descriptive and analytical. Materials and data are also qualitative and data collection was used in collecting materials and data.
Ethical Considerations: In this article, the originality of the texts, honesty and trustworthiness are observed.
Findings: In Iranian law, sustainable development has been discussed in the five-year development plans. The 5th and 6th plans can be considered a turning point for creating a suitable mechanism to achieve sustainable development. In general, due to the lack of a desirable, coordinated and optimal planning system and the lack of a coherent and institutional connection between planning, policy making and budgeting, the development plans are merely a set of general rules, portraying ideal goals. What is important is to guarantee the implementation of the rules and principles governing sustainable development management.
Conclusion: Sustainable development management requires continuous monitoring of the intensity of economic, social and environmental measures with the aim of finding a new type of healthier and long-term development.