Geography And Urben Planning
Mahdi KOLAHI; Narges Entegham-Kesh; Batool Mahmoudmolaei Kermani
Abstract
One of the important and significant factors in any society is the environmental behavior of that community which in addition to affecting environmental issues is itself influenced by other factors. Therefore, it is important to study the environmental behavior and its influencing factors in each society.The ...
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One of the important and significant factors in any society is the environmental behavior of that community which in addition to affecting environmental issues is itself influenced by other factors. Therefore, it is important to study the environmental behavior and its influencing factors in each society.The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the environmental behavior of citizens.The statistical population of the research is citizens of Shirvan city.Also, 380 households had been selected by systematic random sampling as a sample size. This study was carried out with a quantitative approach by a survey method. The data collection tool was a questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha for measuring the reliability of the present research variables had been confirmed with environmental behavior (0.632), environmental belief (0.782), environmental value (0.823), environmental awareness (0.760) and Environmental knowledge (0.819).In addition, the validity of the research was a content and formal validity.The findings of the research showed that individuals’ environmental beliefs effect their behavior. Furthermore, behavior was also influenced by gender, age and education levels, as well as indicating different performances. The paper concluded that Socio-cultural components can actually predict responsible environmental behaviors.
