Research Paper
T. Aghyari, hir; H. Honarvar; M.B. Alizadeh Aghdam
Volume 6, Issue 1 , December 2017, Pages 9-18
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Changing in life style and consumption patterns has significant effect on environment, so that these changes increased ecological footprint (human effect on environment) and decreased ecological capacity. Along with other factors, two social factors viewed as effective factors on ecological footprint ...
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Changing in life style and consumption patterns has significant effect on environment, so that these changes increased ecological footprint (human effect on environment) and decreased ecological capacity. Along with other factors, two social factors viewed as effective factors on ecological footprint and made human and societies depart from environment sustainability, materialism and consumerism. The present study has been done with the aim of investigating the relationship among materialism, consumerism and ecological footprint. The population study is Urmia citizens and its statistic sample is 516 subjects in 15-64 ages that have been studied by use of survey method and cluster sampling. The achieved results show that variables such as materialism, consumerism and socio-economic status have had a positive and meaningful effect with less and meaningful effect of gender on rate of consumption’s ecological footprint among Urmia citizens. Also, the results of multivariable analysis showed that mentioned variables with variable of respondent’s gender generally explains 0.25 of changes of dependent variable.
Research Paper
F. Mohammadi
Volume 6, Issue 1 , December 2017, Pages 19-27
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The educational and extensional barriers to the use of vermicompost fertilizer by farmer in Asadabad City were discussed in this article. A quantitative surveying methodology has been used in this research. The statistical population for this study consisted 50 agricultural experts of Asadabad ...
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The educational and extensional barriers to the use of vermicompost fertilizer by farmer in Asadabad City were discussed in this article. A quantitative surveying methodology has been used in this research. The statistical population for this study consisted 50 agricultural experts of Asadabad city. Data were collected through questionnaire. The regression analysis showed that the educational –extensional barriers determined 15% of variance on the dependent variable or the application of vermicompost fertilizer. The results also showed that, the barriers of vermicompost fertilizer consumtion, based upon the impact factor, are respectively us: Lack of local leaders to promote the use of modern techniques, lack of successful farmers’ impact on the other farmers on executive plans, lack of awareness of the relative advantages of biofertilizers compared to chemical fertilizers, lack of farmers' cooperation with educational and extensional agriculture experts and lack of appropriate educational compact discs.
Research Paper
S.E. Rad; A.R. Faghihi; F. Nateghi; M. Moeinikia
Volume 6, Issue 1 , December 2017, Pages 29-40
Abstract
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.
Research Paper
F. Pourghasem; A. H. Alibaygi; A. Papzan
Volume 6, Issue 1 , December 2017, Pages 41-54
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The aim of this comparative - descriptive study was to compare extension philosophy with ethical and environmental theories in order to find a strategy for rural environment management. Analysis and comparison of the environmental viewpoints revealed that some philosophical principles of extension is ...
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The aim of this comparative - descriptive study was to compare extension philosophy with ethical and environmental theories in order to find a strategy for rural environment management. Analysis and comparison of the environmental viewpoints revealed that some philosophical principles of extension is in direction of environmental theory but extension have not been benefited from these principles to protect rural environment and haven’t attention to environmental protection in favor of production. According to the problems of rural environment, goals and functions of extension need to be updated and changed to solve this problems. Therefore, Islam philosophy and the viewpoints of environmentalism such as deep ecology, greens, social ecology, and bio-regionalism can guide extension in solving environmental issues. Analysis of the documents showed that extension should emphasize moderation, diversity, balanced development, development of human capacity, enhance productivity, promoting environmental ethical-religious values and respect to nature alongside emphasis on indigenous knowledge, leadership of local leaders, people participation, support of popular organization, foresight and systematic thinking until to achieve sustainable agricultural development and ultimately a balanced development of local communities.
Research Paper
A. Mirfardi; A. Haydari; T. Damsaz
Volume 6, Issue 1 , December 2017, Pages 55-68
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The problem of environmental pollution in the world today, is not only a problem of a country or a specific territory, but also the belongs to the whole world which contains a variety of problems such as water and air pollution, ozone depletion, deforestation, destruction of plant species ...
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The problem of environmental pollution in the world today, is not only a problem of a country or a specific territory, but also the belongs to the whole world which contains a variety of problems such as water and air pollution, ozone depletion, deforestation, destruction of plant species and animals. Wisch all of them are the results of human’s performance and behavior on environment. This paper aimed to examine the impact of responsibility on the environmental behavior by mediating the use of media. The research method in this study was a survey using multistage stratified sample of 400 people in Ahvaz. The results showed that environmental behavior in Ahvaz on average. As well as between the independent variables and the dependent variable media accountability and the use of environmental behavior, there is a positive and significant relationship. Path analysis results showed that responsibility by acting through the media, affect the environmental behavior. And the age, gender and marital status and environmental behavior relationship and the differences were not significant. Finally, all variables were able to 17/1 of the factors influencing environmental behavior, explain residents of Ahvaz.
Research Paper
H. A. Farhadi; H. A. Farhadi; V. Fallah
Volume 6, Issue 1 , December 2017, Pages 69-82
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This study aimed at investigating the role of education on the application of soil conservation practices in order to sustainability of paddy in Sari County. This study is applied researches kind that has been done in descriptive-correlational method. The statistical population comprised 24339 rice cultivators ...
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This study aimed at investigating the role of education on the application of soil conservation practices in order to sustainability of paddy in Sari County. This study is applied researches kind that has been done in descriptive-correlational method. The statistical population comprised 24339 rice cultivators in Sari County. The stratified random sampling was employed in this study in an attempt to recruit 283 individuals as prospective participants. The sample size was calculated using the Cochran formula. Data collection tool was a questionnaire; its validity was confirmed by experts and scholars. Cronbach's alpha was reported as 0.93 for the questionnaire. Average application of soil conservation practices was medium. Average awareness of soil conservation practices was much and average use of educational method was low. A stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that 65 percent of the rice cultivators’ soil conservation practices application variance was explained by the use of educational methods, age, awareness of soil conservation practices and literacy level.
Research Paper
S. Mohammadi; S. Manoochehri; M. Talati
Volume 6, Issue 1 , December 2017, Pages 83-99
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Nowadays, in the modern approaches to rural, capacity building considered as a basic principle in the adoption and implementation of programs, and there is a great emphasis on activities of non-governmental associations in order to improve community capacities. Environment, as a ground for the activities ...
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Nowadays, in the modern approaches to rural, capacity building considered as a basic principle in the adoption and implementation of programs, and there is a great emphasis on activities of non-governmental associations in order to improve community capacities. Environment, as a ground for the activities and rural development, is one of the major fields of rural development which according to the unfavorable situation of its exploitation, environmental, non-governmental organizations, with promotional and educational activities scan play an effective role in promoting the capacities of local community in the conservation and sustainability of it. In this regard, in the present applied research, the role of the environmental NGO association, Chiya, has been measured in the development of the capacities of Marivan villagers in a descriptive - analytical approach. The result of this approach in the first place, is to explain the role of NGOs in capacity development of rural communities, to protect the environment and then a comprehensive understanding of the status quo, in order to provide practical solutions for achieving rural environmental sustainability through capacity development of the local community. Information gathered through documentary methods and field-based questionnaires distributed randomly among 250 heads of households in the received group and 160 heads of household (determined through Cochran's sample size) in the villages which has not received educational and promotional activities of non-governmental environmental association of Chiya. Data analysis through inferential statistics (Chi-square, Wilcoxon, t-test, Friedman, Pearson correlation) indicated that the effective role of Chiya NGO activities in capacity development of villagers to protect the environment in two periods: before and after the activity. Also there is a significant difference between the level of capacity development of the villages receiving and not receiving the educational and promotional activities of Chiya association in order to protect the rural environment.
Research Paper
S. Afshari; R. Rezaei; H. Gholizadeh; H. S. Fami
Volume 6, Issue 1 , December 2017, Pages 101-113
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Given the importance of water resources as a key element in all sub-sectors of the economy, especially agriculture and at the same time,due to severe constraints and lack of the resources, it is inevitable to move towards sustainable management of water resources. In this respect, various scholars believe ...
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Given the importance of water resources as a key element in all sub-sectors of the economy, especially agriculture and at the same time,due to severe constraints and lack of the resources, it is inevitable to move towards sustainable management of water resources. In this respect, various scholars believe that the mental and psychological factors, particularly attitude are the main factors leading people to implementation of actions related to sustainable management of water resources. Regarding the importance of the issue, the main objective of this research was to study of factors determining the farmers’ attitude towards sustainable management of water resources. The statistical population of the research consisted of all farmers’ heads of household in Komijan County (N= 5100). According to the Bartlett et al. (2001) Table, 300 of them were selected by multistage sampling. The data collection tool was a questionnaire which its content validity confirmed by a panel of experts. A pilot study conducted to establish the reliability of the questionnaire. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the main scales of the questionnaire were at appropriate levels (ranged from 0.628 to 0.812). The results indicated that nearly half of the farmers were undecided towards sustainable management of water resources. According to results, variables of farmers' perception towards problems of sustainable water management, participating in the extension programs and activities and the volume of water storage ponds were the main factors determining the farmers’ attitude towards sustainable management of water resources in Komijan County. Furthermore, the results showed that there was a significant difference between the farmers’ attitude towards sustainable management of water resources in terms of type of water resource ownership, so that the farmers with private ownership had a more favorable attitude compared with farmers who had joint ownership.
Research Paper
S. Oryan; S.M Shobeiri; M. Farajollahi
Volume 6, Issue 1 , December 2017, Pages 115-129
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The aim of this study is to analyze the role of “Islamic Republic of Iran’s National Strategic Plan on Climate Change” in 5 different sectors of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, water management, agriculture and food security, biological resources and health on knowledge, attitude ...
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The aim of this study is to analyze the role of “Islamic Republic of Iran’s National Strategic Plan on Climate Change” in 5 different sectors of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, water management, agriculture and food security, biological resources and health on knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of the society for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. The research method is practical and it is descriptive-analytical study. According to the result of the study, all of three dimensions of KAP considered in 25 strategies of the 5 sectors, but they are not proportional. As of 229 programs of this plan, 24% and 26% are related to enhance the level of knowledge and attitude of community of Iran and 50% of programs are practical. The sectors with the highest and lowest proportion of programs related to the development of knowledge, are health sector (56%) and reducing greenhouse gas sector (8%) respectively. In addition, the sectors with the highest and lowest proportion of programs related to the enhance of attitude, are water management sector (44%) and health sector (12%). The most practical programs are relevant to agriculture and food security and reducing greenhouse gas sectors (60%) and the least practical programs are related to water management. It is suggested that knowledge and attitude of different stakeholders improve through education in order to practical programs that are more than 50% of the programs of this plan, become more effective.
