جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « رفتارهای زیست محیطی » در نشریات گروه « جغرافیا »

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.

 Today, environmental crises have threatened the lives of humankind in a worrying way, in so far as it threatens the lives of humans and other organisms on the planet. A quick look at the environmental situation in recent decades suggests that human activities and behaviors have been the most effective and important causes of environmental changes. Meanwhile, the most effective way to protect the environment is to evaluate people's behavior and performance, in reaching the foundations of sustainable life.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the assessment of nomads’ environmental behaviors before and after the implentation of the JICA project in the Bazoft sector.

This is an applied research, with a descriptive-analytical method. Library information and field studies have been used to collect information. The statistical population of this research consisted nomad groups; also local administrators (of village managers, and Islamic Council members), residing in the five villages studied: Tabarok-e-Sofla, Gaazestan, Maazereshteh, Dorak-e-Sofla, and Tarom; where the JICA project was implemented. Based on the population of the nomadic households residented in these five villages, 210 households were selected and completed the questionnaire; while, a sample of 15 officials was selected in total. To analyze the data, Descriptive statistical tests, also tests such as U-man-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Wilcoxon test were used.

results showed that the environmental behavior of nomads, had improved (3.46) significantly after the implementation of the JICA plan, compared with the average of the nomadic environmental behaviors before the implementation of the JICA scheme (1.9). Results also showed that there was a significant difference in the social and cultural environmental-behaviors of the nomads of the villages, before and after the implementation of the JICA scheme.

 In the present article, nomads’ environmental behaviors, before and after the implementation of the JICA Plan, has been evaluated and evaluated for the first in the country.