Environmental Education
Seyed Habib Moosavi Rashedi; Vahid Makkizade; esmail hassanpour
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The sudden increase in population in recent years has led to an increase in over-consumption of resources, climate change, an increase in greenhouse gases, and the extinction of rare species. Efforts to protect the environment have become a global concern. The purpose of this study is to identify and ...
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The sudden increase in population in recent years has led to an increase in over-consumption of resources, climate change, an increase in greenhouse gases, and the extinction of rare species. Efforts to protect the environment have become a global concern. The purpose of this study is to identify and classify the factors affecting Green Purchase behavior by consumers. The most important research need in the current situation is to identify the factors affecting the change in consumer behavior when purchasing. The research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of implementation method. Documentary, library and field studies have been used to collect the required information and data. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire and it was distributed randomly among the clients of shared businesses in Tehran. The reliability of Cronbach's alpha in this study was 0.83. The size of the statistical population was determined based on Cochran's formula of 384 people. Exploratory factor analysis, KMO test, Bartlett and Scree Cattle in SPSS software were used to analyze the internal overlap and factor correlation matrix. The results showed that the factors affecting Green Purchase behavior are: expansion of environmental knowledge, change in attitudes, behavioral control and social responsibilities, mental norms and self-perception and lifestyle and values perceived by consumers, respectively.
Environmental Education
Mohamad taghi Heydari; Daryoosh Jahani; Prasto Ghasemi; Yaqub Haqi; Parvin Rahmati
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The increase in the human population, the need to develop human cultural and social spaces on the one hand, and the need to create public spaces with identity, on the other hand, has led to more attention to the topic of cultural identity in public spaces in recent decades. Library Garden, as a public ...
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The increase in the human population, the need to develop human cultural and social spaces on the one hand, and the need to create public spaces with identity, on the other hand, has led to more attention to the topic of cultural identity in public spaces in recent decades. Library Garden, as a public and spatial institution, plays a vital role in the process of cultural and social development in the field of urban space. Books and reading and the tendency to study are some of the characteristics of the development and promotion of the cities. It is possible to advance the cultural and social goals of the society through reading books. With this approach, the present article tries to study the feasibility of creating a library garden in Sabzeh Meydan Square of Zanjan with the approach of promoting the culture of reading. The methodology of this research was a descriptive survey and was applied in terms of purpose. To evaluate the preference of indicators in creating a library garden, the weight of each of them was determined, and finally, the amount of compatibility of the best-worst model has been used to evaluate how to implement indicators in terms of importance/performance and amount of compliance. The results showed that creative designing, with a large difference compared to other factors with a value of 0.14, has been ranked first, and creating this space has been a priority over other indicators. An environment that, like the pleasant qualities of the Persian gardens, enriches the sense of place with its psychological effects, but with a different reading, and can complement the closed spaces of the library in the design by using open spaces and flexibility of collective creative spaces that pave the way for social dynamism and subconscious education. On the distant horizon, using recreational, cultural, and tourist opportunities, according to the goals and vision of the Sabzeh Meydan project, to become a policy to promote the culture of reading and show the importance of rich Iranian culture to tourists. It is expected that the opinions and views of users and their participation will be used to create a place for social activities, the formation of collective memories, and the identification of residents.
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
Sima Alipour; Morteza Maleki MinbashRazgah; Davood Feiz; Azim Zarei
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Business-to-Business markets use the positive effect of sustainable measures to strengthen their brand. Because sustainable branding supports competitive advantage with a positive impact on customer perceptions and satisfaction, in this regard, the tools and platforms available in the online environment ...
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Business-to-Business markets use the positive effect of sustainable measures to strengthen their brand. Because sustainable branding supports competitive advantage with a positive impact on customer perceptions and satisfaction, in this regard, the tools and platforms available in the online environment can be effective in sustainable B2B branding by facilitating interaction and dialogue in an informal way between the company and its audience. Therefore, the current research was conducted to provide a conceptual framework of sustainable B2B branding through social media using the qualitative method of theme analysis on Iranian ports. This is an exploratory research with an aim to be applicable. The statistical population is Iranian port managers, and to collect information, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 14 key informants (saturation limit) who were selected by a targeted method. To analyze the data, the text of the interviews was transcribed. Then, using Atlas software and the inductive thematic analysis method, data were coded, analyzed, and interpreted. In this research, the framework of sustainable branding from company to company was explained through social media with 117 basic codes, 10 sub-themes, and 3 main themes of social media management, brand mantra, and sustainability action
Environmental Education
Fatemeh Pourjahanshahi; Saied Dehyadegari
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Today, many consumers advocate green products to reduce the effect of their consumption practices on the environment For this reason, companies have tried to produce green products, but many of the actions of companies in the field of green product production are misleading and deceptive, which is called ...
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Today, many consumers advocate green products to reduce the effect of their consumption practices on the environment For this reason, companies have tried to produce green products, but many of the actions of companies in the field of green product production are misleading and deceptive, which is called greenwashing. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of understanding greenwashing, attitudes, and beliefs on green purchase intention among environmentalists. The population included the environmentalists in Kerman, to whom a standard electronic questionnaire was sent for data collection. Finally, 384 questionnaires were collected and analyzed. The findings indicated that the understanding of greenwashing has a positive effect on the confusion of green consumption and an increase in perceived risk. However, it can reduce the perceived benefit, satisfaction, and loyalty. In addition, the attitude and beliefs of the environmentalists have a positive effect on the perceived benefit, satisfaction, and loyalty. If environmentalists have a positive attitude toward green products, there will be less confusion about consuming green products.
Environmental Education
Sobhan Abdolrezaei; Mohammd Hassan Janani; Mahmoud Hematfar
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Corporate social responsibility approaches are becoming increasingly widespread since environmental performance is a significant aspect of developing a firm socioemotional wealth, such as legitimacy, trustworthiness, and image. This study investigates the moderating role of managers’ emotional ...
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Corporate social responsibility approaches are becoming increasingly widespread since environmental performance is a significant aspect of developing a firm socioemotional wealth, such as legitimacy, trustworthiness, and image. This study investigates the moderating role of managers’ emotional intelligence on the relationship between research and development costs and the social and environmental responsibility of manufacturing companies in the Tehran Stock Exchange. This research is applied and correlational. One hundred thirty-two companies were selected as sample companies that were active in the Tehran Stock Exchange during 2010-2020. The data is collected from the actual financial statements of the companies through the Kodal website, and it is compiled using Excel software. The method of testing the hypotheses is moderator regression (hierarchical), and Eviuse 12 software is used to test the hypotheses. The findings reveal that research and development costs have a meaningful relationship with the social and environmental responsibility of manufacturing companies, and the emotional intelligence of managers has a moderating role in the relationship between research and development costs and the social and environmental responsibility of manufacturing companies. The results can help all stakeholders evaluate the level of attention of companies to research and development costs and corporate social and environmental responsibility.
Environmental Education
Hadis Esmaeili; Laleh Salehi; Feyzallah Monavvarifard
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University structure has become a key issue in leading the community and the university toward achieving the goals of sustainable development. Therefore, determining the current state of GM in the universities and identifying its elements can help universities in developing activities related to ...
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University structure has become a key issue in leading the community and the university toward achieving the goals of sustainable development. Therefore, determining the current state of GM in the universities and identifying its elements can help universities in developing activities related to GM. Hence, the purpose of this study is to determine the current indicators of GM at Razi University and then to identify the factors affecting its development from the perspective of staff and faculty members of this university (N = 965). therefor, using the proportional assignment sampling method (based on gender and degree), 250 individuals were selected as the statistical sample. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire which its validity and reliability was confirmed by calculating the "Content Validity Ratio", Average Variances Extracted (AVE), Composite Readability (CR), and Cronbach's alpha. Data were analyzed by using Smart-PLS and SPSSWin20 software. The findings show that Razi University focuses on land and building, waste and recycling, and water and energy dimensions of GM. In contrast, less attention has been paid to the educational and research dimensions. Findings from exploratory factor analysis showed that a total of eight factors effect the development of GM in the university which account for 54.717% of the total variables affecting GM in Razi University. These factors respectively were: 1) Strategy and university culture, 2) Environmental pressures (legal, imitation, and normative pressures), 3) Education and capabilities of academic actors, 4) Values of actors, 5) Attitudes of stakeholders towards GM, 6) Institutional cooperation, 7) Assessment and reporting, and 8) Culture making.
Environmental Education
Mahjabin Radaei; Esmaeil Salehi; Shahrzad Faryadi; Mohammad Reza Masnavim; Lobat Zebardast
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Contemporary urban settlements are facing increasing development, transformation, and complexity, which has disrupted the ecological system and the human-nature bond, especially in desert cities, and has led to a crisis of the 21st century or a reduction in urban resilience. Many patterns of human-nature ...
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Contemporary urban settlements are facing increasing development, transformation, and complexity, which has disrupted the ecological system and the human-nature bond, especially in desert cities, and has led to a crisis of the 21st century or a reduction in urban resilience. Many patterns of human-nature communication and solutions inspired by the natural environment support the principles and concepts of resilience and sustainability. To apply human dimensions in planning, it is necessary to extract, transfer and use ecological wisdom, or in other words, ideas based on evidence, principles, and strategies of the human-nature bond manifested in ancient cities, in the structure and function of the urban ecosystem. Therefore, the present study aims to establish a resilient city through ecological wisdom and to investigate the link between ecological wisdom and urban resilience. This paper is a descriptive-analytic study and the data collection tool is a library-documentary method. While deduction and comparison of the structural-functional components of social learning with ecological wisdom, social learning has been inferred as a catalyst ring for ecological wisdom expansion and resilience promotion. The strategic components in ecological wisdom expansion are extracted using the structural-interpretive model. Finally the conceptual model of ecological wisdom expansion in the planning of urban resilience promotion through social learning links is presented. The results of the study indicate that the components of the ability to understand the complexity and capacity to create flexibility, are two strategic factors in the tools of expanding ecological wisdom for urban resilience planning.
Environmental Education
Ali youness; Hadi ghafari; Amir Ali Farhang
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Today, in the world, the income from tourism ranks third after the income from the export of fuel and chemicals, which reached a share of 4.7% of the world's total exports in 2019, and for forty poor countries in the world, tourism After oil, it is the second most important source of foreign exchange. ...
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Today, in the world, the income from tourism ranks third after the income from the export of fuel and chemicals, which reached a share of 4.7% of the world's total exports in 2019, and for forty poor countries in the world, tourism After oil, it is the second most important source of foreign exchange. According to the statistical report of GMTI 2021, the countries of Malaysia, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia have occupied the first to third ranks of halal tourism. Iran's economy has a lot of potentials to attract financial benefits from this industry. The current research aims to determine the effective variables that such tourism demands, and provide a model in the form of an endogenous growth by examining the effect of halal tourism education and promotion in Iran and calculating the factors affecting it. To achieve this goal, the process of this model was simulated with the help of mathematical models, and the effects of changes in the factors affecting tourism were investigated. Based on research findings, variables such as foreigners' income, income elasticity of demand, infrastructure factors such as education and promotion of tourism and transportation, roads, culture, tourism, and religious capitals have a positive effect on the number of tourists. Also, some factors have a negative effect on the number of tourists, including the price elasticity of tourism demand, the tax rate on service goods, and the price level.
Environmental Education
Sara Karimzadeh; Sadegh Salehi
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Iran, as a country that heavily depends on conventional fossil fuels, is obliged to change it in favor of renewable resources. Renewable technology acceptance has not received sufficient heed from Iranian household consumers. This research seeks to address the question of what factors determine households’ ...
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Iran, as a country that heavily depends on conventional fossil fuels, is obliged to change it in favor of renewable resources. Renewable technology acceptance has not received sufficient heed from Iranian household consumers. This research seeks to address the question of what factors determine households’ incline towards solar panel technology for domestic usage in the Iranian context. To achieve the goal of the study a qualitative survey designed and an integrated theoretical model based on the modified framework of the Technology Acceptance Model, Social Acceptance theory and Diffusion of Innovation theory was developed. Data collected from 462 inhabitants of Mazandaran in 2019, who had not installed solar panels at research time. The internal reliabilities of the final measurement were all above 0.68 and validity coefficients for the constructs of the study were all above 0.56. Based on standardized regression weights the strongest total effect on the main dependent variable of intention acceptance (36%) is related to the perceived easiness of use and overall, the model explains 19% of the variances of the dependent variable.
Environmental Education
Khadijeh Javan
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To gain sustainable development, balanced development with maintaining environmental values, should be think about the evolution of the biological culture of societies so that people adapt to the sustainability. The purpose of this research was to study Geography students' awareness, attitudes, and behaviors ...
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To gain sustainable development, balanced development with maintaining environmental values, should be think about the evolution of the biological culture of societies so that people adapt to the sustainability. The purpose of this research was to study Geography students' awareness, attitudes, and behaviors toward sustainable development at Urmia University. This study is survey research, and the statistical population is Geography students at Urmia University. Among them, 149 students were selected using random sampling method, and the required information was collected by a questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed based on the evaluation of experts, and its reliability was confirmed by calculating Cronbach's alpha (environmental awareness= 0.71, environmental attitude= 0.78, and environmental behavior= 0.75).The findings indicated that 25.5% of the students had a high level, 41.5% had a medium level, and 33% had a low level of awareness, and 28.2% of students had a strong, 33.5% had a moderate, and 38.3% had a weak attitude toward sustainable development. Also, 42% of students had good behavior, 32.2% had moderate, and 35.8% had poor behavior in sustainable development. The results of the correlation analysis showed that there was a significant and positive relationship between these sets: awareness and attitude, awareness and behavior, and attitude and behavior toward sustainable development. Stepwise regression analysis indicated that attitude and Grade Average predict 19% of the variation inGeography students' behavior toward sustainable development. Therefore, it can be said that environmental education and changing students' attitude toward the environment are prerequisites for achieving sustainable development.
Environmental Education
Farzad Zahedi; Hossein Bodaghi Khajeh Noubar; Morteza Mahmoudzadeh; Sohrab Yazdani
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Advertising is considered as one of the most important components of a business unit's sustainability, which plays a decisive role in promoting green product awareness. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of acceptance of green perception of customers based on the visual themes of green ...
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Advertising is considered as one of the most important components of a business unit's sustainability, which plays a decisive role in promoting green product awareness. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of acceptance of green perception of customers based on the visual themes of green advertising on social media. This study is a developmental research in terms of purpose, because due to the lack of a basis for assessing the level of acceptance of green perception of customers based on visual themes of green advertising in previous research, based on meta-synthesis in the first step tried to identify components as analytical basis. And use propositions as reference variables. In order to explain the identified components, Intuitive Fuzzy Sets analysis (IFSs) was used to determine the most effective basis for evaluating the level of green perception of customers based on the visual themes of green advertising. In this study, the target population consisted of two parts: qualitative. In the qualitative part, with the help of 16 marketing experts at the university level, an attempt was made to identify the research components, components in the form of scoring forms. In the small section, 50 managers at different levels of knowledge-based companies participated. The results showed that the proposition of brand identity is considered as the most effective visual theme of green advertising in the companies under study, which strengthens the perception based on social convergence as a component of accepting the green perception of customers. This result shows that the content of green brand identity in the form of a comprehensive norm will form the perception of social convergence in customers, because this perception is considered as an external stimulus due to the existence of environmental values, which causes customers to realize the importance.
Environmental Education
Ali Ahmadi Firouzjaie; Mahnaz Ghafouri; Mahsa Safaripour; Tahereh Sharghi
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This study was conducted to identify and prioritize the challenges and Solutions of pro-environmental behavior of 120 greenhouse cucumber growers in Tarand district through Delphi technique during two rounds. Findings showed that the overuse of chemical inputs was recognized as the most important pro-environmental ...
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This study was conducted to identify and prioritize the challenges and Solutions of pro-environmental behavior of 120 greenhouse cucumber growers in Tarand district through Delphi technique during two rounds. Findings showed that the overuse of chemical inputs was recognized as the most important pro-environmental behavior challenge. Furthermore, using disposable plastic coatings, improper waste management, and using diesel were the important pro-environmental challenges, respectively. In addition, the results showed that to address these challenges, first the adverse impacts of using chemical inputs must be explained; Eco-friendly alternative inputs should be introduced; the separation, recycling and proper disposal of waste should be trained and encouraged; and finally the use of solar and other clean types of energy need to be trained and encouraged. Next, after raising the level of environmental awareness of farmers, in order to implement the training provided, financial and credit support; access to Eco-friendly inputs, equipment and technologies; and the development of environmental laws should be the focus of politicians and those who are in charge.
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
Ramesh Mehraban; Rohallah Rezaei
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The importance of the environment and its protection is one of the most critical issues worldwide. The issue of sustainability was raised as the destructive environmental effects of consumerism were revealed. Green consumption is an important means of change towards production and environmentally sustainable ...
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The importance of the environment and its protection is one of the most critical issues worldwide. The issue of sustainability was raised as the destructive environmental effects of consumerism were revealed. Green consumption is an important means of change towards production and environmentally sustainable consumption. Accordingly, the current study primarily was aimed to investigating the factors related to villagers' sustainable environmental consumption behavior. The statistical population of the study was included all heads of rural households in Mahidasht district in Kermanshah city, which according to the Housing Statistics and Population Census (2016), their number is 4637 people. Considering the formula of Bartlett et al. (2001), a sample of 310 rural households in the study area were selected using a two-stage sampling method. The data were collected using a questionnaire whose content validity was confirmed by a panel of experts. A pre-test was conducted to determine the reliability of the research tool, leading to appropriate Cronbach’s alpha values for the main scales (ranging from 0.85 to 0.91). According to descriptive results, 82.6% and 17.1% of the respondents showed behaviors related to sustainable consumption at moderate and low levels, respectively. The results of correlation analysis showed a positive and significant relationship between the variables of attitude, educational level, land ownership, annual income, and participation in training courses on the environmental issues and villagers' sustainable consumption behavior. Also, the results indicated a significant difference between the villagers' sustainable consumption behavior in terms of their sex.
Environmental Education
Parvaneh Sobhani; Leila Liriyaei; Romina Sayahnia
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Coastal areas, due to having significant capabilities and attractions, must pass through sustainable tourism development in order to achieve successful tourism, so sustainable tourism development as a management strategy in coastal areas is of particular importance. In this study, in order to identify ...
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Coastal areas, due to having significant capabilities and attractions, must pass through sustainable tourism development in order to achieve successful tourism, so sustainable tourism development as a management strategy in coastal areas is of particular importance. In this study, in order to identify the effective factors in the development of sustainable tourism in the coastal region of Ramsar, a number of indicators were surveyed in the form of a questionnaire from 383 tourists. The results indicated that most tourists have identified environmental health status indicators and tourism services and facilities as the most important indicators in the area. In addition, a SWOT- ANP model was used for strategic planning and provide optimal strategies for achieving integrated and optimal management. As the results show that aggressive-competitive strategies (SO) with a score of 0.544 were selected as the best strategies, that these strategies should be considered by managers and planners in order to improve and develop conservation in the area. Also, in SO strategies, by relying on strengthening the strengths and opportunities, tourism development can be developed on an appropriate scale and in the capacity and potential of the area. In addition to the strategies presented in this study, increasing the level of tourist culture by providing environmental education (development of various educational, sports, entertainment, etc.) can also help improve the protection and development of sustainable tourism in these areas.
Environmental Education
Parastoo Iranpour; Faezeh Taghipour; Seyed Behnam Sarvarinejad
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The aim of this study is to provide a model for promoting citizens' water literacy for sustainable media-based development. According to the purpose of this research, it is an applied and exploratory type that has been obtained by the method of Strauss and Corbin's systematic method of data foundation ...
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The aim of this study is to provide a model for promoting citizens' water literacy for sustainable media-based development. According to the purpose of this research, it is an applied and exploratory type that has been obtained by the method of Strauss and Corbin's systematic method of data foundation theory. Due to the qualitative approach of the research, in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 34 experts in the fields of environment, water, social sciences, and communications using theoretical sampling. Then the data were analyzed and 1120 primary codes of open coding, 71 categories of axial coding, and 23 main factors of selective coding were identified. The main contribution of this research is the promotion of water literacy, which have been formed according to the causal conditions (targeting and policy-making in water literacy, water valuation, water attitudes, water skills, water knowledge, literacy promotion), the underlying factors (media diversity) as well as the intervening factors (media politicization, journalists' dependence on sources of power), which was obtained through the strategies such as a change in educational system, pathology of educational master plans, interaction of industry, educational institutions and universities, promotion of social capital, interaction with media, audience, media greening, complete and rich media content, institutionalization of water discourse, agile media interaction. In the second stage, in order to weigh the causal conditions and strategies, hierarchical analysis was used. The results revealed that among the causal conditions, targeting and policy-making were the most important priorities in water literacy.
Environmental Education
Bahram Sarmast; Ahad Rezayan Ghayehbashi; Amin Moeinian; Afsaneh Abbasi
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Despite nearly two decades from Agenda 21 adoption, emphasizing the design and implementation of sustainable development indicators, there is no consensus on Sustainability indicators for designing and evaluating it to be acceptable to all elites and experts around the world. Recently, the issue of Intergenerational ...
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Despite nearly two decades from Agenda 21 adoption, emphasizing the design and implementation of sustainable development indicators, there is no consensus on Sustainability indicators for designing and evaluating it to be acceptable to all elites and experts around the world. Recently, the issue of Intergenerational justice in sustainable development has been of great importance. This paper addresses the identification of environmental indicators related to intergenerational justice for sustainable development. The method of this research is qualitative and with respect to the target, it is an exploratory study. The participants in this study were 18 academic and executive experts selected by purposeful and non-probable methods. Interviews were analyzed through the thematic analysis method, and later the MAXQDA software was used to display the grid. The result of this research was the identification of 43 sub-themes in the form of nine themes. The themes were natural resources, social capital, laws and regulations, spatial planning, renewable energy, environmental vulnerability, environmental health and sustainability, environmental performance, and ecological footprint.
Environmental Education
Mohaddethe Taherpourmansour; Sadegh Salehi
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Economic activities in Mazandaran province have long been focused on agricultural and livestock products. Farmers have always used water resources for their activities, but after the collapse of traditional system, attracting capital and changing the direction of investment, a new type of production ...
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Economic activities in Mazandaran province have long been focused on agricultural and livestock products. Farmers have always used water resources for their activities, but after the collapse of traditional system, attracting capital and changing the direction of investment, a new type of production has been formed alongside this traditional method, which is based on production for profit. The purpose of this study is to investigate and explain the role of investment growth on agriculture in creating unstainability in water resources of Mazandaran province. The present study, applying Schneiberg’s production treadmill theory, seeks to answer this fundamental question: What effect has the growth of investment on agriculture had on the unsustianability of Mazandaran's water resources? In this research, quantitative method and strategy of secondary data analysis and comparative study have been used. The results of the present study showed that investment in the main inputs of agricultural production and conversion industries and agricultural services has increased and at the same time, the consumption of aquifers in the province has increased from 791 million cubic meters in 1389 to 1377 million cubic meters in 1398. . In addition, the research results show an increase in pollution of water resources in Mazandaran. In general, the results of the present study indicate that the growth of investment affects unsustainability of water resources and therefore, Schneiberg's production treadmill theory is confirmed.
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.
Environmental Education
Narges Adib rad; Alieh Yousof fam; Mahnaz Jafarieh
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Ecology criticism or “ecocriticism” can be considered as the study of relationships between literature and environment and quality of the reflection of human’s relationship with his physical environment. In this critique, the two-way relationship between the poet and the writer with ...
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Ecology criticism or “ecocriticism” can be considered as the study of relationships between literature and environment and quality of the reflection of human’s relationship with his physical environment. In this critique, the two-way relationship between the poet and the writer with nature and the effect of natural manifestations on their soul and live will be examined.In this article, in order to answer to this question that “what effect have had the temporal environments surrounding the poems on their poets?” studies the content and main theme of Environmental poems of the poets and explain their differences and common aspects according to literature and environment. In this research, in terms of purpose, practical and in terms of collection method, descriptive-analytical is based on documentary, the following results are obtained:The similarity of the concept of ecosystem and nature-centered from the perspective of ecocriticism among the achievements of the poets, caused by morals and common human nature and the result of the similarity of some of the most influential environmental factors is like 1- the school of romance 2- the unfavorable political and social conditions of society and 3- the influence of the living environment and childhood. In poetry poets have been examined, importance of attention to nature and ecosystem, expression of environmental crisis and consciousness to protect them, led to the use of poetry as an environmental-cultural media.Native identity, utopia, city of escape, drought crisis, pollution of water and soil and air, desertification and not paying attention to the earthquake crisis and the flood and war and etc... are the important similarities of the realm of the environment-axis attitude of the studied poets, and vicinity to the nature, type of the environment and the desirability of utopia are important differences of them.
Environmental Education
M Rezvani; M Nojavan; A. Ekhtiyari Roodsari
Volume 2, Issue 5 , November 2013, , Pages 39-52
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In recent years, due to destruction and depletion of the special natural resources and for the prevention of excessive depletions and conservation of the present resources, most of the communities are tended to the training methods which are necessary for sustainable conservation. So, the objective of ...
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In recent years, due to destruction and depletion of the special natural resources and for the prevention of excessive depletions and conservation of the present resources, most of the communities are tended to the training methods which are necessary for sustainable conservation. So, the objective of this study is evaluating environmental considerations in the informal trainings which are provided for eco-tour leaders of Guilan and assessing their conformity with the environmental standards and finally measuring the effectiveness of trainings and their effect on eco-tour leaders. The target population was the eco-tour leaders of Guilan which were 50 people. Initially, a questionnaire was prepared on the base of environmental content of training courses for data collection. The prepared questionnaire was included 30 questions which were related to before and after training courses. Then data were analyzed using the statistical methods. Results showed that the content of training, regarding to the existence of environmental knowledge, is acceptable to some extent, but the most weaknesses of the eco-tour leaders were the less information about the environmental regulations and laws after training courses. Finally, according to the education and age level of eco-tour leaders and prospering presence and participation of women in the field of tourism and training contents, it become possible that more specialized concepts and laws would be presented in the training courses which led the increase of the courses feedback and improving the tourism and ecotourism industry in the short term.
Environmental Education
Fatemeh Sadat Alavipoor; Amir Houshang Ehsani; Marziyeh Salesi; Faezeh Chehrazar
Volume 2, Issue 5 , November 2013, , Pages 53-72
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In this research, First use of countries of Internet technology in various cases has analyzed. Then with the analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT), the effects of technology on environment sustainable development is investigated. Results showed that these effects are both ...
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In this research, First use of countries of Internet technology in various cases has analyzed. Then with the analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT), the effects of technology on environment sustainable development is investigated. Results showed that these effects are both positive and negative. For example, the possibility of monitoring the environment, creating a smart grid systems, the possibility of digital download to reducion traditional physical products and lifestyle changes (green consumerism) are the positive effects and the high energy consumption of hosting equipment of data centers of ICT, waste electronics, harmful emission are the negative effects of using ICT in the process of sustainable development. Generally correct use of information and communication technology causes promotion of environmental planning and management capacity, natural disaster management, increasing energy efficiency on a global scale, the emergence of "Green Economy" as a new engine of growth economy around the world. On the other hand restricting factors such as access to the technology, the infrastructures and sharing, and security of information, cost and lack of possibility of proper recycling of electronics will prevent you from using all the potentials of this technology. Therefore, use of these technologies with respect to all aspects of cultural, economic, political and social are essential in order to preservation and promotion of environmental quality in line with sustainable development.
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
