Geographical analysis of the role of income and level of access to resources and services in shaping the behavior of villagers in the environment in rural areas of Talesh city

The level of empowerment and access to resources, facilities and services are among the factors that affect the behavior of villagers in the environment. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to compare the four elevation areas of the villages of Talesh city in terms of behavioral effects on the environment.The research method of this article is survey and library and the statistical population of the research includes rural settlements in four coastal areas, plains, foothills and mountains in Talesh city of Gilan province. A total of 386 questionnaires that were evaluated by Cronbach's alpha method with a reliability of 78.0 were completed in the study areas and the data were analyzed for description in SPSS statistical software. The findings show that the villages of the lowland area are in a better position than other areas in terms of access to services and income. It is noteworthy that during the studies and field studies, the rate of pollution, environmental degradation, unauthorized changes to housing construction and the negative effects on environmental change are small. Also, in measuring the attitudes of villagers from both positive and negative approaches to the environment, unfortunately, positive attitudes towards negative attitudes have a lower level in study areas, and this situation in the formation of undesirable behavior towards the environment, including destruction and improper use of Resources along with the growing desire to earn more can affect the process of the wrong relationship between man and the environment.