Sociological analysis of environmental protection behavior

The importance of the environment in the regional and national and international dimensions has brought the necessity of scientific attention to various factors, especially the role of human factors in destroying or preserving the environment. Therefore, comparing the doubts and differences of environmental behaviors and the factors affecting them can lead to a better understanding of the status of environmental protection behaviors. This research was conducted as a survey and the statistical sample included 382 residents of the cities of Sanandaj in Iran and Sulaymaniyah in Iraq, who were selected using the cluster sampling method. The reliability of its questions has been evaluated using Cronbach'salpha coefficient. The results of the research regarding the similarities between the two regions can be referred to their perception of the ability to influence the environmental consequences. Residents of Sanandaj and Sulaymaniyah cities have equal self-efficacy in the degree of influence on environmental protection behavior. Also, the differences between the residents of the cities of Sanandaj and Sulaymaniyah in terms of environmental protection behaviors are in two forms. The first form is due to the low facilities and conditions for environmental protection behavior in Sulaymaniyah compared to Sanandaj.The second figure refers to the high level of environmental protection behavior, environmental attitude and environmental knowledge of the residents of Sulaymaniyah city in the direction of environmental protection compared to the residents of Sanandaj city. Finally, the effect of the mentioned variables on the environmental protection behavior of the residents of Sanandaj and Sulaymaniyah cities was tested.