Identiffying the best method of transporting construc- tion and demolition waste in Tehran, based on analytic hierarchy process (AHP) a view to urban sustainable de- velopment

About 50 thousand tonnes of construction waste is produced in Tehran daily, which is about 7 times the household waste. This results in the movement of more than 4500 trucks during the day inside the city. These movements without having smart and integrated management not only increase the traffic and pollutes the city air but also impose other problems such as illegal waste disposal in passages upon urban management. Hence, by smartification of the con- struction waste transport system, not only illegal disposal of this debris can be prevented, but also by reducing the truck traffic or their path length, huge positive steps are taken to- ward reducing overall traffic and air pollution. Via a proper organization of construction waste, in addition to sustaining the natural resources and environment, it can provide mone- tization and job makings. This research was performed based on the analytical hierar- chy process (AHP) with a view to urban sustainable devel- opment to identify the best approach of transporting con- struction and demolition waste in Tehran. It has shown that option “smart and integrated management” with a weight of 0.851 is the best choice for transporting construction and demolition waste compared with the option “using the tradi- tional method” with a weight of 0.149.