Environmental Education
Ghasem Zarei; Foroozan Ghazaei; Araz rashedi zahra
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This study aimed to investigate the role of environmental knowledge and attitudes toward sustainable consumption with behavioral intention and the use of household appliances with sustainable water consumption of women in Ardabil City in the winter of 2020. The research method is descriptive-correlational ...
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This study aimed to investigate the role of environmental knowledge and attitudes toward sustainable consumption with behavioral intention and the use of household appliances with sustainable water consumption of women in Ardabil City in the winter of 2020. The research method is descriptive-correlational and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of this study was women over 20 years old and users of household appliances in Ardabil. The data collection method is field type and data collection tools include a standard questionnaire of environmental knowledge of Pacho and Lavrador (2017), the attitude towards sustainable water consumption of Ahmad and Arfin (2018), the sustainable water consumption behavior of Kang. (2017) and the intention to purchase of a device with sustainable water consumption of Nguyen. (2016).in order to assess the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and composite reliability coefficient were used, which indicated the reliability (above 80% and above 70%) of all research components.384 questionnaires were distributed and analyzed. The results indicate that environmental knowledge affects the behavior of sustainable water consumption but does not affect the use of household appliances with sustainable water consumption. the attitude towards sustainable water consumption has a significant effect on the intention to use home appliances with sustainable water consumption and sustainable water consumption, and finally, the intention to use home appliances with sustainable water consumption has a significant effect on sustainable water consumption behavior.
Environmental Education
Hamid Naseri; Parivash Nourbakhsh; Mehdi Kohandel; Abbas Khodayari
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The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting sustainable development in mountaineering. The research method is exploratory and applied in terms of its purpose, and 150 mountaineers from the centers of the northwestern provinces of the country were selected by purposive sampling. The ...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting sustainable development in mountaineering. The research method is exploratory and applied in terms of its purpose, and 150 mountaineers from the centers of the northwestern provinces of the country were selected by purposive sampling. The face and content validity of the research instrument was confirmed by a group of experts, and its constructive validity was confirmed by factor analysis based on structural equation modeling. Based on orthogonal rotational heuristic factor analysis, 34 items were categorized into eight factors that accounted for 52.44 of the variance of sustainable development. It is noteworthy that the results of confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha coefficients supported the eight-factor structure of the 34-item questionnaire and confirmed its validity and reliability. The results of this study and the extractive dimensions of the tool show the factors affecting sustainable development in mountaineering sports and the results also can help mountaineers to pay more attention to some of the aspects of sustainable development in mountaineering and mountainous areas.
Environmental Education
Nasrin Rezanadzaery; َAbolfaz Ghasemzadeh Alishahi; Peyman Yarmohammadzadeh
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The purpose of this study is to present a conceptual model for green management with a sustainable development approach. The current research is developmental in terms of purpose, and this study was conducted based on the grounded theory methodology. The participants included 26 experts in the field ...
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The purpose of this study is to present a conceptual model for green management with a sustainable development approach. The current research is developmental in terms of purpose, and this study was conducted based on the grounded theory methodology. The participants included 26 experts in the field of environment, experienced principals of secondary schools, sustainable development experts in the Department of Education of East Azerbaijan Province, and professors with knowledge in the field of green management from Azad University and Tabriz University. In order to achieve theoretical saturation in the semi-structured interview, the sample was selected purposefully and by snowball method. The validity of the data was confirmed with acceptability, transferability, verifiability, and reliability. Strauss and Corbin's three-stage coding process (open, central, selective) with MAXQDA software was applied to analyze data. The results of the research indicate that the causal factors affecting the green management of secondary schools include green futurism, the establishment of the environmental management system, and strategic developments. Functional isolation, limitations, professional health barriers, and lack of commitment are intervening factors. Sustainable transportation, use of clean technology, saving energy, and managing water consumption and waste are identified as actions. Total quality management implementation, social impacts, and performance improvement are extracted as outcome factors. Finally, the results of the selective coding showed that the main factors are teaching the protection of basic resources and the environment, the development of green technology, and sustainable culture to modify the consumption pattern.
Environmental Education
fatemeh rezaei; Mojtaba Tabari; ali Farhadi Mahalli; Toraj Mojibi
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Among the major actions toward sustainable development is public policymaking that seeks to fundamentally address and resolve environmental issues. The purpose of this research is to explain an exigency model of the government public policy gap analysis in the subject area of environment. This is an ...
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Among the major actions toward sustainable development is public policymaking that seeks to fundamentally address and resolve environmental issues. The purpose of this research is to explain an exigency model of the government public policy gap analysis in the subject area of environment. This is an applied research conducted through a survey. The statistical population included 121456 Iranian graduates with a master's degree or PhD in the field of environment. Of this population, based on the Cochran formula, a sample consisting of 384 respondents was formed, the individual members of which were selected using stratified random sampling. The validity and reliability of the measurement tool were assessed and confirmed using content validity (of face validity type) and Cronbach's alpha, respectively. The results indicated the dimensions of the link between organization policies and goals, community expectations and feelings, and reflecting stakeholders' views as relevant in the gap analysis model. In addition, the results indicated that the exigent policy gap analysis model of the environment had the required validity. The proposed model in this research which has been further improved by expert views may serve as an applied model for policymakers, practitioners, and executives of environmental policies, and particularly, the Iranian Department of Environment.
Environmental Education
Sorena Zandi; Mehran Farajollahi
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Considering the importance of environmental education in improving the relationship between humans and their environment, the purpose of this article is to identify the positive actions of Australia in this field. Because the usefulness of sharing information and benefiting from the experiences ...
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Considering the importance of environmental education in improving the relationship between humans and their environment, the purpose of this article is to identify the positive actions of Australia in this field. Because the usefulness of sharing information and benefiting from the experiences of other countries is one of the main elements of environmental education, this article focuses on examining their strategic priorities, previewed goals until 2025, and this country's completed projects, as reported by the Australian Association of Environmental Education. The method used in this article is descriptive-analytical research, and data collection is done via document analysis. The results show AAEE’s emphasis on setting its goals on providing necessary financial needs for its projects, supporting environmental educators and teachers, and expanding inter-chapter and international communications. From the findings of the article, appropriate models in accordance with the social, economic, psychological, and environmental characteristics of Iran are extracted, and with the necessary changes to improve the integration of these projects with such traits, they can be implemented in Iran. In the conclusion section, suggestions for building similar educational models are presented.
Environmental Education
Samaneh Karami; Taraneh Enayati
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The present study implemented with the aim of presenting a model of the role of the education system in sustainable development with the Islamic-Iranian model of progress approach. This is both an applied research and a mixed exploratory study (qualitative and quantitative). The research method in the ...
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The present study implemented with the aim of presenting a model of the role of the education system in sustainable development with the Islamic-Iranian model of progress approach. This is both an applied research and a mixed exploratory study (qualitative and quantitative). The research method in the qualitative part was content analysis and in the quantitative part was descriptive survey. Participants in the quality section included 38 education system experts, officials from the UNESCO National Commission's Education Unit and the Higher Education Council, who were selected for interview by purposive sampling method. The statistical population consisted 440 managers, official experts and experts of the General Department of Education in Tehran, 205 of whom were selected by stratified random sampling according to their organizational positions as our research sample. The data gathering tool was a semi-structured interview in the qualitative part and a researcher-made questionnaire in the quantitative part. Credibility criteria were considered to ensure the quality of qualitative findings. In this way, the feedback of the participants in the research was applied. Also, in order to validate the findings, the triangulation in investigator method was used. In the quantitative part, the face and content and construct validities of the questionnaire were checked and confirmed and the reliability was also confirmed by using Cronbach's alpha coefficient so that the reliability of all major variables was greater than 0.70. Data analysis was performed using descriptive and inferential statistical tests including confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The results showed that there were 38 components that has role in the education system in sustainable development with the approach of the Iranian Islamic model of progress. Its 29 components in four cultural, social, environmental and economic dimensions were extracted from the content analysis of the interviews and 9 components were obtained from the content analysis of the document of fundamental change in education. The result of studying structural equations also showed a significant relationship among the dimensions of the model.
Environmental Education
Mahdi Janalizadehghazvini; Azar Kafashpor; شئهق rahimpour; MOSAYEB SAMANIAN
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To achieve sustainable development, many organizations are planning to employ environmental management systems Therefore, the establishment of management systems such as environmental management systems and green human resources can play a significant role in achieving this goal. This research ...
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To achieve sustainable development, many organizations are planning to employ environmental management systems Therefore, the establishment of management systems such as environmental management systems and green human resources can play a significant role in achieving this goal. This research aims to present a Green Human Resource Model (GHRM) and to define the indicators and components of HRM. At first, using the Delphi method, a rough questionnaire has been developed and then, using a snowball sampling method, the data was collected through semi-structured interviews with human resources experts including management and environmental science professors and human resources specialists in Mashhad’s municipality. After the analysis of the recorded interviews, the green HRM components were identified. In the quantitative phase, a questionnaire was developed using the data collected from the Delphi steps and gathered from the experts. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were tested using the construct validity method. Utilizing the Cochran formula, 384 municipality staffs take part in the study. Applying structural equations and using the STATA software, the hypotheses were checked the results are as follow: out of eight indicators regarding HRM model, education development and employees’ participation enhancement were not statistically significant. However, the other 6 indicators influenced Mashhad’s municipality environmental performances. According to the estimated standard coefficients, the green development index and green organizational culture development have had the most impact on Mashhad municipality’s environmental performance. The other important factors include green monitoring and evaluation indices, managerial relationships development, development of rewards and compensation for green services and finally, the green choice development. These indicators have had the highest impact on environmental performance, respectively.
Environmental Education
Mahtab Eghtedari; Reza Saboonchi; Nazanin Rasekh
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the pathology of environmental education in the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. The research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population of the study consisted of all experts from the Ministry of Sport and Youth, with a total of 330 reports. ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the pathology of environmental education in the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. The research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population of the study consisted of all experts from the Ministry of Sport and Youth, with a total of 330 reports. According to Morgan's sample size table, 169 individuals were identified as the study sample. The sampling method in this study was classified sampling. The data gathering tool in this research was a researcher-made questionnaire with 22 questions. The validity of this questionnaire was evaluated by experts' opinions and the reliability of the questionnaire was calculated 0.81. For analyzing the data of the study, statistical methods such as Kolomography Smirnov, Exploratory Factor Analysis Test, and T-Test were used. The results of the study showed that 6 damages of goals, structure, reward, useful mechanisms, communication and leadership were among the damages related to environmental education in the Ministry of Sport and Youth. The results of the study also showed that the goal-related injury with a mean of 4.17 compared to other injuries was the most important issue. Among the target-related injuries, non-monitoring and evaluation of the extent to which environmental education goals were achieved with a factor load of 0.874 were identified as the most important target-related damages. Given the lack of comprehensive goals and planning and the lack of proper monitoring and evaluation of environmental education at the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, the environmental education of the objectives has led to relative harm.
Environmental Education
Mojtaba Rafiei; Hadi Ghaffari; Mahtab Paknia
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The main purpose of this article is to investigate the role of sustainable urban development in the social security feeling of citizens. The research method is survey and the data are collected in the field. In the next step, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. The opinions of professors ...
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The main purpose of this article is to investigate the role of sustainable urban development in the social security feeling of citizens. The research method is survey and the data are collected in the field. In the next step, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. The opinions of professors and experts have been used to assess the validity of the questionnaire Cronbach's alpha coefficient was also used to measure the reliability of the questionnaire, which was equal to 0.86. The statistical population included people aged 20 to 54 in Khorramabad, which according to the 2016 census is equal to 70,417 people., and analyzing the results of the questionnaires to examine the impact of sustainable development indicators Urban on the social security of citizens has been investigated and analyzed using regression test to test the research hypotheses. The results of the study indicated that each of the indicators of urban sustainability development (economic, post-social, post-cognitive dimension) had a positive impact on the sense of social security. Finally, we conclude that in general indicators of sustainable urban development on the sense of social security of citizens have an impact.
Parvin Sadeghitabar; Mehdi Shariatmadari
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The educational methods used in the retraining program and improving the level of professional capability of the medical community are one of the concerns in the field of health for sustainable development and quality assurance of health services. Blended learning is a thoughtful integration of e-learning ...
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The educational methods used in the retraining program and improving the level of professional capability of the medical community are one of the concerns in the field of health for sustainable development and quality assurance of health services. Blended learning is a thoughtful integration of e-learning and face-to-face learning, which in the field of continuing education in the medical community can play a significant role in improving the country's health system by improving the quality and quantity of education. This research is applied in terms of purpose and was conducted in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2019. To collect data, a combined method including three methods of documentary study, fuzzy Delphi, and survey was used. Sampling method was purposeful and 10 experts and scholars in the fields of continuing medical education and blended learning were interviewed using semi-structured interviews to achieve data saturation. To analyze the content, the qualitative content analysis was used in the first stage and fuzzy Delphi analysis in the second and third stages. At first, 218 initial codes were extracted, which were reduced to 78 codes after continuous review. The results of this qualitative research lead to the identification and introduction of 7 main dimension including institutional, educational management and resource support, technology and design, pedagogical, evaluation and feedback, ethics and learning templates for the continuing education model of the community based on blended learning as well as 28 components and 100 subcomponents. The results of this research can be considered by policy makers and planners in this field and can be used for sustainable development of community health.
Askar Jalalian
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According to the preamble to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, international crimes are crimes that cause for concern the international community. Accordingly, four international crimes have been counted and specified in the statutes. This research, which is of analytical-descriptive type ...
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According to the preamble to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, international crimes are crimes that cause for concern the international community. Accordingly, four international crimes have been counted and specified in the statutes. This research, which is of analytical-descriptive type and with library-documentary method, seeks to provide a strategy for environmental protection.The environment is a common heritage of humanity, and almost all countries suffer as a result of the damage it suffers. Since the Rio 1992 Convention, which linked sustainable development to the environment, the importance of paying attention to the environment has increased. Consideration should be given to recognizing environmental crimes as international crimes so that the International Criminal Court can have jurisdiction over them.this study seeks to answer the question that considering the principle of sustainable development and its necessities, how is it possible to criminalize environmental crimes in the category of international crimes? In other words, how is it possible to develop the concept of international crime into environmental crimes? And what is the relationship between sustainable development and the environment? Research findings indicate that according to several provisions of the Rome Statute of 1998, it is possible to develop the concept of international crime not only to environmental crime but also to other crimes, so in order to make it operational, research efforts must be paved and environmental protection Institutionalized.
Moslem Savari; Fatemeh Naghi Bayranvand
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Rural participation in natural resource management indicates that managing natural resource crises would not be possible without the active participation of rural women due to their active role in production and agriculture. In this regard, this research aims was to role of social capital on self-efficacy ...
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Rural participation in natural resource management indicates that managing natural resource crises would not be possible without the active participation of rural women due to their active role in production and agriculture. In this regard, this research aims was to role of social capital on self-efficacy of rural women in Zagros Forest Conservation by mediating environmental awareness. The statistical population included all rural women over 15 years in Lorestan province (N= 231000). Sample size was using Cochran sampling formula of 226 person by proportional classification method (based on forest area). Data analysis in two sections: descriptive and inferential statistics was software SPSS Win19 and SMARTPls performed. The validity of this study was verified by a panel of experts and calculation of the (AVE) and its reliability by Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability. The results showed that from the viewpoint of rural women, the most important causes of Zagros deforestation were destruction of firewood and rural consumption and high grazing livestock and the most important strategies for protecting forests were to change the livelihoods of forests and to graze for over-entry livestock. In addition, the results indicated that social capital directly and indirectly (through impact on environmental awareness) influenced the self-efficacy of rural women in conservation of Zagros forests. In addition, the results of structural equations showed that social capital and environmental awareness were able to explain 69.4 of the dependent variable of research (self-efficacy).
Seyedeh Fatemeh Moezzi; Mansoor Shahvali; Razieh Namdar
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Environmental crises are one of the major challenges that the human community is facing. This study was conducted in response to the existence of environmental crises despite the establishment of related institutions and the comprehension of related concepts to sustainable development, and the evolution ...
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Environmental crises are one of the major challenges that the human community is facing. This study was conducted in response to the existence of environmental crises despite the establishment of related institutions and the comprehension of related concepts to sustainable development, and the evolution of the status of the environment and how human beings interact with it in Islamic thought. The purpose of this study, which has been accomplished using a descriptive method of documentary analysis, is to explain, analyze, and compare the three stages of logical, critical, and philosophical thinking of sustainable development. Criticism and analysis of existing perspectives indicate that, in addition to significant advances in the world and the establishment of international treaties, conventions and symposia on sustainability are not intended to preserve the environment and human survival and have a merely technical and material look, So far, it has not responded to the issues of development and sustainability. Therefore, achieving long-term sustainability horizons and their dimensions requires a deeper perspective and beyond purely technical issues and secular science. This study suggests philosophical thinking that is based on Islamic ethics and philosophy and emphasizes the study of environmental crises with the simultaneous help of reason, mysticism, ethics, Qur'an, and Shari'a.
Hossein Bagherian Hosseini; Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani; Alireza Khajeh-Shahkooei
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Education and learning is an important pillar of sustainable development. Information literacy can help farmers to access and use the information for sustainable agriculture. The present study aimed to assess the information literacy of farmers and related factors in the Torogh region of Mashhad County. ...
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Education and learning is an important pillar of sustainable development. Information literacy can help farmers to access and use the information for sustainable agriculture. The present study aimed to assess the information literacy of farmers and related factors in the Torogh region of Mashhad County. The descriptive-correlation research method was used and 176 farmers were examined through a simple random sampling method. The data collection tool was a questionnaire which its formal validity confirmed by the face validity of faculty members of the Department of Library Science of Ferdosi University of Mashhad and Department of Agricultural Extension and Education of Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was calculated for questionnaire reliability (α=0.79). The results showed that the information literacy of farmers can be assessed at a medium level. Also, information literacy is independent of age, some pieces of agricultural land and the annual income of farmers. But there is a significant and negative correlation between total information literacy and agricultural history. Among the five dimensions of information literacy, studied farmers have a better condition in "adhere to the ethical and legal principles of the use of information". On the contrary, they are weakest in "achieving the required information efficiently and efficiently". This is suggested that necessary training courses for farmers be provided to enhance their capabilities in access and use of agricultural information.
Neda Saberi; Lobat Zebardast; Mahdi Montazer ghaem
Vahid Pourshahabi; Masoud Pourkiani; Mohsen Zayande Roodi; Ayoub Sheikhi
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This research is applied in terms of purpose, and in terms of data collection, it is descriptive and survey type. The purpose of this study was to determine the priority of higher education groups for sustainable development in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran. For this research, sustainable development ...
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This research is applied in terms of purpose, and in terms of data collection, it is descriptive and survey type. The purpose of this study was to determine the priority of higher education groups for sustainable development in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran. For this research, sustainable development indicators have been extracted from the sustainable development model of Sistan and Baluchestan province. After determining the status of the indicators, the desirable condition of each indicator is determined by 4 panels of 50 experts with a fuzzy Delphi method. Finally, the prioritization of higher education study groups and sub-groups was done with the help of experts using the AHP method and the Expert Choice software. The results of this research show that the priority is "Engineering, Production, and Manufacturing", and the second priority is the "Humanities and Arts" group, and the educational group "Educational Sciences" is the third priority for sustainable development of Sistan and Baluchestan province.
Vahid babazadeh; Ghorban-Ali Saboktakin
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participation is an important factor in sustainable development. To this end, people should be informed about sustainable development. However, components of civil society, particularly, social capital, couldn't pave the way for knowledge growth about SD. In the study reported in this paper, the researcher ...
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participation is an important factor in sustainable development. To this end, people should be informed about sustainable development. However, components of civil society, particularly, social capital, couldn't pave the way for knowledge growth about SD. In the study reported in this paper, the researcher scrutinized the relationship between awareness of SD and social capital in a real circumstance in Meshgin-Shahr. To approach the aims of this survey-based investigation, a researcher-made questionnaire was utilized to gather data from over 18 years old. 382 people were selected as the sample of the study, by applying the random cluster sampling method. The descriptive results of the investigation revealed that people's awareness of SD with an average of 4.1 (reference 1-6) is satisfactory and above the average. Also, there is a significant relationship between ″SD awareness″ and two-dimension of social capital, namely ″contact with people″ as well as ″reciprocal norms″. There is not a significant relationship between another dimension of social capital e.g. ″social trust″ and SD awareness. According to regression, 36 percent of the changes in the dependent variable relies on ″contact with people″ and ″reciprocal norms″. To improve the awareness of SD the knowledge about it should be transmitted between people and in their networks. Moreover, an increase in ″social reliance″ is a prerequisite in knowledge growth about SD.
Fatemeh Razzaghi Borkhani; Ahmad Rezvanfar; Seyed Hamid Movahed Mohammadi; Seyed Yosef Hejazi
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The main purpose of this study was to investigate Modeling of Effectiveness Information resources and communication channels on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) behavior for Sustainable Development of Citrus Gardens in Mazandaran Province. Population consisted of all citrus farmers in the villages of ...
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The main purpose of this study was to investigate Modeling of Effectiveness Information resources and communication channels on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) behavior for Sustainable Development of Citrus Gardens in Mazandaran Province. Population consisted of all citrus farmers in the villages of 12 county of Mazandaran province, a sample of 290 farmers was selected by using proportional random sampling method among 122361 citrus Orchard man. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire. Validity of questionnaire was determined through sustainable agriculture experts of Mazandaran County and some faculty members at University of Tehran, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural Management and Development. The reliability was found to be acceptable. Diagnostic validity with using an average variance extracted (AVE) and reliability with using Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability (CR) was confirmed. To explain the Effectiveness from Methods factor analysis and structural equation modeling with LISREL software, version 8.80 has been used. According to findings, oral and facial resources and channels, written sources and channels, visual-audio sources and channels, virtual and electronic resources and channels can explain 66% of variance of GAP application in sustainable development of gardens. Sufficient information about technology citrus orchardist will enable to make optimum decisions for the adoption of sustainable technology. It is therefore suggested establishing databases and using face to face communication channels of extension agents and agricultural inputs distributors and experts, extension staff, consultancy services of private sector, more gardeners' use of information resources with reliable information regard to needs and necessities and leveling up special and public education in GAP technologies for gardeners have been considered.
Morteza Akbari; Seyyed Ali Badri; Maryam Shamanian; Sama Amini
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The purpose of this study is to examine the goals, motivation, barriers of organic farmers in Ravansar County, Kermanshah, Iran. This study was a descriptive-correlation research. The population of the study was organic farmers in Ravansar. Organic farmers were selected from a list of certified farmers ...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the goals, motivation, barriers of organic farmers in Ravansar County, Kermanshah, Iran. This study was a descriptive-correlation research. The population of the study was organic farmers in Ravansar. Organic farmers were selected from a list of certified farmers obtained from Agriculture Organization. Among them, 51 organic farmers were selected based on a simple sample randomized method. Data analysis was done with SPSS software. The results showed that organic farmers have had the most importance for the health of food and short-term benefits. In order of preference, statement “organic farming can assure world food production” and “organic products are healthier” was the first priority, and in ecological statement “organic farming can improve soil fertility and structure” and economic statement “organic farming can assure the future of a farm” create motivation for organic farming. The most important barriers of organic farming like marketing and the lack of government support for these products, lack of required standards in order to confirm and supply of products to the market and lack of training and informing have mentioned in this context.
Abolfazl Khosravi
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One of the main challenges for managers in recent days is their main focus on sustainable development. Sustainable development with various dimensions such as economic sustainability, social sustainability, political stability and environmental sustainability requires a holistic approach, but the priority ...
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One of the main challenges for managers in recent days is their main focus on sustainable development. Sustainable development with various dimensions such as economic sustainability, social sustainability, political stability and environmental sustainability requires a holistic approach, but the priority of some programs and policies in each of the sustainable development axes is in line with the requirements of the same region and country. On the other hand, social responsibility of organizations and companies is not merely viewed as a moral obligation or social marketing, but a great element in the missing link between government policies and corporate policies. This research has been selected to prioritize the dimensions of sustainable development as well as the dimensions of social responsibility of managers with the Delphi approach of the experts and the hierarchical analysis method, according to the opinion of social sustainability experts as the best criterion for sustainable development and management responsibility as a preferred option. Accordingly, it can be done in the role of managers in industrial and metropolitan communities, with priority being given to social sustainability and the involvement of environmental strategies in the responsibilities of managers.
Motahareh Hamze Robati; Behnaz Mohajeran; Mir Mohammad Seyed Abbaszadeh; Hamid Javdani; Mojtaba Bazrafshan Moghaddam
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This study was conducted to identify the components of sustainable education. The research method is blended exploratory that has been done sequentially in two qualitative and quantitative sections. In the qualitative section, the components of sustainable education were identified by semi-structured ...
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This study was conducted to identify the components of sustainable education. The research method is blended exploratory that has been done sequentially in two qualitative and quantitative sections. In the qualitative section, the components of sustainable education were identified by semi-structured interviews with 11 university professionals selected through purposeful sampling. To validate qualitative findings, participant review strategies and reviewers' strategies have been used. In the quantitative section in the framework of descriptive-survey research method and researcher-made questionnaire, 262 faculty members and students from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad were selected by stratified sampling method. The validity of the tool was confirmed by the experts, and its reliability was calculated by the inconsistency rate. For data analysis, content analysis technic has been used in the qualitative section and in the quantitative section hierarchical process method has been used. The findings show that from the perspective of faculty members and students of Ferdowsi University, the components of sustainable education in terms of importance in priority order are: integration of sustainability concepts into learning process with relative weight of 0.075, To learn learning and apply an interdisciplinary approach with weight of 0.046, Applying innovative strategies in the learning process with weight of 0.034, Critical thinking with weight of 0.031, Internationalization of education with weight of 0.018.
Mohammad Sina Sarmadi; Gholamreza Asadollahfardi
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Recently, many concerns have been raised about the soil contamination as a result of anthropogenic activities associated with the environment. Heavy metals and organic pollutants are the most important pollutants released into the environment. Therefore, to achieve a cost-effective and sustainable technique ...
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Recently, many concerns have been raised about the soil contamination as a result of anthropogenic activities associated with the environment. Heavy metals and organic pollutants are the most important pollutants released into the environment. Therefore, to achieve a cost-effective and sustainable technique to remove contaminants is necessary. The Electrokinetic remediation in the development and application of green technologies is able to remove a wide range of pollutants or converting them into compounds with lower toxicity. On the other hand, communication media, as informative tools, can affect social change. This article is intended to be a practical purpose by utilizing the media tool and in the framework of environmental communication through a descriptive-analytical method of the documentary type. This paper also considers the fundamental concepts of electrochemical remediation, considering the challenges facing this process, which leads to reduced efficiency. The removal of pollutants will examine the various techniques and technologies used in electrokinetic to improve the remediation efficiency. At the end of the research, future work to improve the electrokinetic is presented. According to the results of this paper, electrokinetic coupled with various detergents and chemical & biological oxidants greatly helps keep pollutants in solution form by adjusting soil pH. While increasing the efficiency of removing pollutants, and enabling a reduction in energy consumption. While the use of Geo-Synthetic materials reduces electrode corrosion significantly. Also, biological methods, while increasing biodegradability of disintegrating pollutants makes possible to convert electrokinetic into a green technology using a variety of environmentally eco-friendly adsorbent mixtures.
S.E. Rad; A.R. Faghihi; F. Nateghi; M. Moeinikia
Volume 6, Issue 1 , December 2017, , Pages 29-40
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Iran confrontsin major challenges and serious crisis economic, social, cultural, environmental and sustainable development aspects, now and in the future. The integration of sustainability criteria in the strategic plans of universities, the social response to the needs of society and achieving of sustainable ...
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Iran confrontsin major challenges and serious crisis economic, social, cultural, environmental and sustainable development aspects, now and in the future. The integration of sustainability criteria in the strategic plans of universities, the social response to the needs of society and achieving of sustainable development appears necessary. The purpose of this study and summing up the results of research in the field of higher education is stable, so come with using qualitative methods combined, a total of 15 articles were examined And collecting and analyzing data as well as analysis framework based on open coding, axial and selective, Nvivo-10 was done by software Finally, the 203 sustainability indicators universities in 25 components and 8 concept of organizing, was organized. Dimensions terms of reference and the number of sources in descending order are : environmental management of the campus, teaching sustainability, participation, sustainable management, social capital, sustainable research, monitoring, assessment and reporting, administrative and financial. The results showed that: Less research with indigenous and comprehensive approach to sustainable higher education; and the environmental dimension of sustainable development has been considered more of a social and economic dimension, Also on the cultural dimension and key infrastructure, other dimensions of sustainable development is not given, so a comprehensive and holistic model based on sustainability universities, according to Iran's rich culture and Islamic-Iranian model of progress for future research it is suggested.
A. Ghiasi Zarch; F. Jafari
Volume 5, Issue 4 , September 2017, , Pages 99-112
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Focusing on the role of Persian as a Foreign Language in environmental education and sustainable development through tourism, this article views the foreign learners of Persian in Iran as potential resources for expanding tourism and sustainable development. The article argues that through co-planning ...
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Focusing on the role of Persian as a Foreign Language in environmental education and sustainable development through tourism, this article views the foreign learners of Persian in Iran as potential resources for expanding tourism and sustainable development. The article argues that through co-planning and joint investment, different institutions such as tourism organizations, the Department for Environment, and the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology can efficiently deploy such resources toward boosting incoming foreign tourism to the country. The core of the argument is that via its verbal and non-verbal features, and as a powerful means of communication between individuals, language plays a significant role in connecting tourists and the local people in host communities. More specifically, it is argued that incorporating the literary and historical riches of the Iranian culture into tourism programs and teaching Persian can help develop tourism. This can be achieved through leveraging the way the environment and nature are represented in the Iranian myths, literature, popular culture, rituals, and traditions. To reflect such capacities, the article employed a phenomenological qualitative method using interviews with 40 foreign students of the Persian Language about their experiences of tourism in Iran. The results of the study show that by more efficient management and planning, related organizations can play a significant role in exploring the capacity of the centers for teaching Persian as a Foreign Language in contributing to the national programs for tourism, the environment, and sustainable development.
M. Nowrozi; M. H. Rezaee; M. Seifi
Volume 5, Issue 3 , June 2017, , Pages 75-86
Abstract
Sustainable development is a new field involving politics, culture, economy, trade and industry simultaneously, while supporting environment, coexistence with nature and equal human rights, and dealing with countries domestic and international affairs. Since in the field of clean environment, social ...
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Sustainable development is a new field involving politics, culture, economy, trade and industry simultaneously, while supporting environment, coexistence with nature and equal human rights, and dealing with countries domestic and international affairs. Since in the field of clean environment, social skills development is an important element in creating a sustainable development, this paper compares the effectiveness of project and non-project-based E-learning on the development of social skills along with sustainable development of Arak Payam Noor University students. The 750 number of E-learning students of Arak Payame Noor University is the research population. Among whom 30 are selected using the purposive sampling method. The Matson et al standard questionnaire is used for data collection. The validity of Matson’s standard questionnaire was confirmed in past researches. The reliability coefficient is calculated by the Cronbach's alpha alpha method. The reliability coefficient is calculated equal 0.86 in this method. In this paper, project and non-project-based E-learning students are studied in two separate groups. The average of two groups is compared using the paired samples (Coupled) of T-test. The calculations show that the results of the sustainable development of social skills of project and non-project-based E-learning students are significantly different.