Introduction: Environmental impact assessment of development stimulus projects is not only necessary to prevent potential damage, but can also be used as an effective tool to guide management decisions and project design towards sustainable urban development.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approach in development stimulus projects of Tabriz metropolis.

Geographical area: Tabriz is located at 41°25′ east longitude and 38°2′ north latitude relative to the prime meridian.

Methodology: The research method in the present study is mixed in terms of type (quantitative and qualitative), applied in terms of purpose, and exploratory in nature, which in order to analyze the data have heen used of the partial least squares model in Warp-pls software and thematic analysis approach.

Results and Discussion: The research findings show that of the 8 criteria of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approach, only 2 criteria, evaluating positive and negative impacts and evaluating direct and indirect impacts in development stimulus projects of Tabriz metropolis, have been approved at a 95% confidence level. Other assessments (time effects, reversible and irreversible effects, hierarchical effects, probable effects, controllable effects, and specific and combined effects) have unfavorable conditions.

Conclusion: The environmental assessment of these projects only includes the significance of the impacts and the extent of the environmental impacts, and have been ignored the scope of the impacts and the specific sensitivity of the environmental impacts of the projects.