M. Delnavaz; M. S. Sarmadi; M. Yazdani; A.H. Sadeghi
Volume 5, Issue 3 , June 2017, , Pages 101-114
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This study is performed with the purpose of familiarity of human force working in water and wastewater industry of the country with features and advantages of using deep Aerators as a replace for surface Aerators and also feasibility for using it in Aerated Lagoons processes by using descriptive method ...
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This study is performed with the purpose of familiarity of human force working in water and wastewater industry of the country with features and advantages of using deep Aerators as a replace for surface Aerators and also feasibility for using it in Aerated Lagoons processes by using descriptive method from the type of document analysis. Present study in the first step is investigated for improving quality and empowerment of human force of aeration processes in Lagoons and explains related types of methods to each one and then the types of Aerators such as deep, surface mechanical and undersurface Aerators and also pump Aerators of performance method and effective factors on it are investigated that informing these affairs can cause the improvement of scientific level, familiarity with new developments in the world and at last remaining and life of more related organizations. At last by utilizing results arising other researches, a comparison is performed between two methods that the result shows that using deep Aerators instead of surface Aerators had 19.78 percent decline in consumed energy and as a result it will be along with economic saving and increasing efficiency of multiple indices for evaluating waste pollution that we know it as an effective step through correct management of resources and creating sustainable development in water and wastewater industry of the country.
H. Saadi; S. Jalilian
Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2017, , Pages 9-23
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The main purpose of this study was Analyzing farmers' attitudes to sustainable development and some factors affecting on in Rural County West Islamabad. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire which its validity and reliability was determined by sustainable development expert and Cronbach's ...
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The main purpose of this study was Analyzing farmers' attitudes to sustainable development and some factors affecting on in Rural County West Islamabad. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire which its validity and reliability was determined by sustainable development expert and Cronbach's alpha value calculated from 0.65 to 0.77 for different parts of the questionnaire. For data analysis softwares SPSS20 and Lisrel 8.8 were used. The results factor analysis showed that among three factors: attitude, of "emotional" with coefficient λ =0.60 is greatest amount of variance as the strongest indicators related to attitudes about agricultural sustainability have been identified. Also The results of multivariate regression showed that the only variable between the different variables cultivation positive effect of age predicted a negative effect on people's attitudes in the field of sustainable agriculture. With increased acreage positive attitude and approach them with increasing age MyShvd negative. According to the results, for improveing the attitude of farmers in sustainable agricultural development sugestion were presented.
H. Yousefi; M. Momeni
Volume 5, Issue 1 , December 2016, , Pages 67-77
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Groundwater resources are strategic resources and as Iran is facing a lack of water sources for exploitation, the importance of protecting groundwater resources -which are more immune to drought and pollution compared to surface water resources- has doubled. In the current situation, where most of the ...
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Groundwater resources are strategic resources and as Iran is facing a lack of water sources for exploitation, the importance of protecting groundwater resources -which are more immune to drought and pollution compared to surface water resources- has doubled. In the current situation, where most of the aquifers of the country are facing a dramatic drop of water levels, it needs especial consideration. Protection of water resources is an important step in the point of view of sustainable development. However, sustainable development is not possible without high participation of people and stakeholders. Thus, the aim of the present study is the multifactor analysis of the methods of improving the general awareness of the stakeholders for their active presence in the process of implementation of effective groundwater management methods in Kerman-Baghein region. The criteria are chosen from the sustainable development literature and the options are prioritized with multi-criteria decision making in compromise programing. The criteria were: increasing the role of the private sector to invest on advertising, educational programs, level of water saving, entrepreneurship , matching the education method with traditions and the public opinion on protection of water resources, period of implementation of the strategy, improving the role of women in water resource protection process, and flexibility. Using the criteria, among the 10 options of the study, investment on films and animations focused on the subject of water resources and the importance of the environment, creation of a target group of important and influential locals, and finally empowering the NGOs activities , were the preferred options of the study.
H. Ghaffari; A. Younessi; M. Rafiei
Volume 5, Issue 1 , December 2016, , Pages 79-104
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The idea of sustainable development emerged from environmental concerns and criticism of economic and industrial development and its ideal is to preserve resources for all generations with meeting the needs of the present generation. Sustainable development requires extensive changes in the lives of ...
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The idea of sustainable development emerged from environmental concerns and criticism of economic and industrial development and its ideal is to preserve resources for all generations with meeting the needs of the present generation. Sustainable development requires extensive changes in the lives of communities at all levels. This change requires the participation of citizens and civil society and people awareness and education about sustainable development is its prerequisite. Education is the infrastructure of development of our modern world and without accessibility to education and creating general awareness in humans, sustainable development will not exceed a superficial and vulgar slogan. The purpose of this research using descriptive document analysis is to explain and analyze the impact of education and especially environmental education on sustainable development. The findings suggest that a sustainable and comprehensive development will be via human resources development and the prerequisite of the occurrence and continuation of any development, is investment in human resources through education and especially environmental education which is a central core and pillar of any society. Considering that education is one of the most influential factors affecting the sustainable development of each country, wide, continuous, comprehensive and inclusive measures in order to increase environmental awareness is necessary. Economic view to the issue of education from the perspective of investment, according to World Bank standards and explaining its role in sustainable development, is the innovation of this paper.
H. Pourjamshidi; H. Mahdizadeh; S. Gholamrezaee; N. SHir
Volume 4, Issue 4 , September 2016, , Pages 64-55
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Today the population increasing growth and promotion of inappropriate use patterns have led to the abnormal use of land capacities whose consequences have caused the destruction of natural capitals (resources), increasing of diseases, waste production and increasing of waste materials. Lack of attention ...
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Today the population increasing growth and promotion of inappropriate use patterns have led to the abnormal use of land capacities whose consequences have caused the destruction of natural capitals (resources), increasing of diseases, waste production and increasing of waste materials. Lack of attention to this important matter will face the Earth with serious problems in the not too distant future. In this regard, present research was done with the purpose of determining the effect of environmental attitude, environmental knowledge and information, environmental concerns, health orientations, social responsibility, social context, education, being cosmopolitan, using of the Internet, disease and food allergies background on the tendency of Khorramabad citizens to sustainable consumption behavior. The study population consisted of Khorramabad residents, a sample of 386 individuals was selected by using of multi-stage cluster random sampling method for the study. To data analysis, descriptive statistics and regression path analysis have been used. Results show that some variables such as environmental attitude, environmental knowledge and information, environmental concerns, health orientations and social responsibility directly and some other variables such as education, being cosmopolitan, using of the Internet, disease background with food allergy indirectly were explained 30 percent of Khorramabad residents sustainable consumption behavior variance totally. Among these variables, health orientations and environmental attitudes were the most effective variables on sustainable consumption behavior. Therefore, it is recommended that the relevant organizations take the necessary actions in order to change attitudes and to improve the people’s health orientations level.
Z. Athari; H. Sedighi
Volume 4, Issue 3 , June 2016, , Pages 21-32
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Universal population and economical growth and also limited natural resources, especially in many developing countries, has caused a serious consideration to the sustainability issue of environment. Exploiting natural resources is the most important constraints to sustain-able development in many developing ...
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Universal population and economical growth and also limited natural resources, especially in many developing countries, has caused a serious consideration to the sustainability issue of environment. Exploiting natural resources is the most important constraints to sustain-able development in many developing countries. The purpose of this descrptive-correlational study was to determine Farmers, perception toward farm soil manag-ement and the factors influencing it. The statistical population for the study consisted of farmer heads of families in the rural society of Kermanshah township (N=24391).Three hundred and fifty samples were selected through multistage sampling method. Data were collected through questionnaire. Validity and reliability of the research instrument were respectively determined through a panel of experts and a determination of Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient. Based on the findings, the Farmers' perception toward farm soil management was moderate. Farmers' contacts with agricultural extension and their use of information resources about farm soil management was lower than average. Results of structural equation modeling revealed that variables includingeducation level, extension contacts,farming experience, sourcesofinformation and farm size had asignificantinfluence onFarmers, perception toward farm soil management, with these variables in total determining 51% of variation of Farmers' perception toward farm soil management.
M. R. Dehshiri
Volume 4, Issue 2 , March 2016, , Pages 64-75
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This article explores the potentiality of globalization for ensuring sustainable development. By examining the pessimistic views on the negative impact of globalization on sustainable development, which consider these two variables as contradictory and competitive paradigms, the author, in the framework ...
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This article explores the potentiality of globalization for ensuring sustainable development. By examining the pessimistic views on the negative impact of globalization on sustainable development, which consider these two variables as contradictory and competitive paradigms, the author, in the framework of transformationalist approach, considering them as two complementary and interactive paradigms, believes that globalization, regarded as a process of “interconnectedness of borderless world”, can function effectively within the widely accepted framework of sustainability, and is conductive to a positive impact on sustainable development, in the areas of social justice, environmental protection and human security, paving the way for “sustainable globalization” and “successful globalization”. In order for globalization to be considered as sustainable and successful, it should not compromise the ability of future generations to meet their own social, economic and environmental needs but rather should contribute to realize a knowledge-based economy, and to promote public and professional awareness through due attention to the major role of education in agendas for sustainable development. The article analyses then the challenges and opportunities of globalization for sustainable development and finally explores the possible ways to achieve a sustainable and successful globalization with an special emphasis on economic growth combined with equality and social peace, constructive engagement with the global economy, observance of environmental regulations and realization of successful educational system
F Sigarchian; S.M Shobeiri; M Larijani
Volume 1, Issue 3 , December 2013, , Pages 11-18
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Nano-technology has a lot of positive impacts in human life and industry is potentially one of these areas which gain a lot of benefit from nano development. Some environmental application of nano will be made possible through environmental education; of course this possibility depends ...
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Nano-technology has a lot of positive impacts in human life and industry is potentially one of these areas which gain a lot of benefit from nano development. Some environmental application of nano will be made possible through environmental education; of course this possibility depends on positive attitude in this regard .this research is going to investigate car industry manager’s attitude towards environmental education as a basis for nano application. This study is an applied research which uses a descriptive method based on survey approach. The statistical population is 63 car industry managers and data collecting tool is a self-administered questionnaire. Result showed that the managers had a positive attitude towards nano –application , but there was not any significant difference between managers attitude and the level of their education or their years of experiences , while there was a significant difference between their attitude and the kind of education field
Environmental Education
Elham koohi; Hossein Meiboudi; Mostafa Taleshi; Elahe koohi
Volume 2, Issue 5 , November 2013, , Pages 19-30
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The present study aimed to investigate the role of mass media in the development of sustainable tourism in the Amol City. Data collection has been done by questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by relevant experts and specialist and reliability of the questionnaire was validated by Cronbach's ...
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The present study aimed to investigate the role of mass media in the development of sustainable tourism in the Amol City. Data collection has been done by questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by relevant experts and specialist and reliability of the questionnaire was validated by Cronbach's test with 0.74coefficient. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistic (frequency, net percentage, etc.), inferential statistic (one sample t test) and SPSS software. The findings indicate that there is a relation between the level of access to the mass media, cultural influence, media advertising, and access to amenities (Audiovisual). Results showed that in the study area considering distributed field works between tourists, mass media had an effective role in the introduction and development of sustainable tourism of that area.
Environmental Education
S. Salehi; J. Mohammadi; S. A. Mir Mohammad tabar divkolai; A. Saradipour
Volume 1, Issue 4 , July 2013, , Pages 41-57
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This paper reviews the social impacts of the construction and development of Fereidoonkenar Port on the City of Fereidoonkenar (Mazandaran province). The theoretical framework used in this study is based on Finsterbusch indicators analyzing environmental and social impacts. Statistics population includes ...
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This paper reviews the social impacts of the construction and development of Fereidoonkenar Port on the City of Fereidoonkenar (Mazandaran province). The theoretical framework used in this study is based on Finsterbusch indicators analyzing environmental and social impacts. Statistics population includes the city of Fereidoonkenar and its surrounding suburbs. It is a qualitative research methodology and data collection methods have been implemented conducting interview. In this study, the unit of analysis is the individual. This research was conducted in the fall of 2000. The findings indicate that despite the construction and development of Fereidoonkenar Port wich is an immediate priority, this has a small role in local economic development, however, this appears to have growing influence in the future
Environmental Education
M.S Ali Taleshi; H Sodaiezadeh; F Nejadkoorki
Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2013, , Pages 45-53
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One of the goals specified in the document of natural resources and watershed development in 1404 is promotion of awareness of environmental and natural resources, so one of the strategies to achieve this approach is environmental education and culture in higher education so that sustainable development ...
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One of the goals specified in the document of natural resources and watershed development in 1404 is promotion of awareness of environmental and natural resources, so one of the strategies to achieve this approach is environmental education and culture in higher education so that sustainable development can be achieved. in this regard, in this study was investigated the levels of in natural resources - environment engineering M.Sc. students about environmental standard series specially 14000 in Environmental Management System and also the importance of this standards series in observation of students in sustainable development. about this, 5 universities were selected from 12 universities offering this course in M.Sc. 104 questionnaires given out between students and collected after fulfillment. Assessable data analyzed using the SPSS program. Statistical results of this research indicate that the mean of awareness of students about concepts of standards is between low and median and about importance of application and total aims of ISO 14000 is between median and high. In relation to awareness in different section doesn’t indicate significant difference between two sexes. The result of this study doesn’t indicate significant difference in level of awareness in different universities’ students from this standards series. It is worth mentioning that according to the awareness of student, it was proved that ISO 14000 standards series could lead the management of organization to sustainable development.
