environment
Ali Asghar Gholami; Abolghasem Heidarabadi; ebrahim akbari
Abstract
The present study tries to determine the effects of social and cultural capital on the environmental behavior of citizens in the city of Sari. The research was a cross-sectional survey in terms of applied type and research method. The statistical population of the research was all citizens over 18 years ...
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The present study tries to determine the effects of social and cultural capital on the environmental behavior of citizens in the city of Sari. The research was a cross-sectional survey in terms of applied type and research method. The statistical population of the research was all citizens over 18 years old, and the sample size was 400 people according to the Cochran formula, including the pre-test samples. The sampling method of the research was a multi-stage cluster. The tool for data collection was a researcher-made questionnaire for the variables of social and cultural capital, and the questionnaire of Kaiser et al. (1999) was used to measure the environmental behaviors. In this study, the theory of bio-environmental culture of Georges Thomé and Bourdieu's cultural capital were used as a theoretical framework. SPSS software and Pearson's correlation coefficient tests and regression analysis were used for data analysis. Face validity was used to measure validity and, in all variables, the reliability of the tool was higher than 0/7. The simultaneous investigation of the effects of social and cultural capital on environmental behavior is considered the innovation of this research. The findings showed that the average of environmental behavior patterns among people is relatively high and its average is 3/73 out of 5. The average cultural capital among people is relatively low and its average is 2/79. The average social capital is equal to 3/04. The results of the correlation test showed that there is a significant positive and direct relationship between the amount of social and cultural capital with environmental behavior. To improve the level of environmental behavior, the amount of social and cultural capital should be increased. According to the regression analysis, social and cultural capital variables explain and predict about 23/1% of environmental behavior changes. Social and cultural capital have an effect on environmental behaviors and the effect of social capital is much higher.
Geography And Urben Planning
Ali asghar Gholami; Aliasghar Abbasi Asfajir; Abolghasem Heidarabadi
Abstract
The present study investigates the effect of media use and socialization on environmental behaviors in the cities of Sari and Joibar. The research was descriptive-analytical which was conducted using a survey method. The statistical population was people over 18 years old in Sari and Joibar cities in ...
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The present study investigates the effect of media use and socialization on environmental behaviors in the cities of Sari and Joibar. The research was descriptive-analytical which was conducted using a survey method. The statistical population was people over 18 years old in Sari and Joibar cities in Mazandaran province. Using the Cochran sample size determination formula, 400 people were determined as the sample size. Multi-stage cluster sampling method was used to select the samples. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with variables derived from Inglehart's theory of values, the pattern of environmental behavior of Kalmus and Ajigman as a theoretical framework. SPSS software was used to analyze the data. The validity of the instrument was confirmed by face validity and the reliability of the instrument was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha test with a coefficient above 0.8. According to the results, environmental behavior in the samples had a high average. There was a significant relationship between sociability and environmental behavior. Also, sociability has a significantand positive relationship with the four dimensions of environmental behavior (energy consumption behavior, environmental protection behavior, environmental behavior in travel and environmental purchasing pattern) and environmental advertising and media use only with the dimension of environmental purchasing pattern. It has a significant relationship. Independent variables explain 20% of the variance of environmental behavior. The novelty of the present study is the use of a comparative study of environmental behaviors between the two cities of Sari and Joibar with a quantitative method.
