Youth Social Capital and Sustainable Environmental Development in Bushehr

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Tayyebe Pourbehi ¹ , Gholamreza Jafarinia ² , Ali Shamsoddini ³

1 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran
3 - Assitant Professor, Department of Sociology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran

Received: 2021-08-25 Accepted : 2021-08-25 Published : 2021-08-01

Keywords: Trust, Social capital, Bushehr, Environmental Sustainability, Participation,

Abstract :

The present article analyzes the effects of social capital and its indicators on the sustainable environmental development of Bushehr. The research method is survey and the statistical population is 18 to 39 years old in Bushehr. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient, path analysis and regression analysis using SPSS software. The results showed that the average environmental sustainability was relatively high among young people. Environmental sustainability was low, 32.4% moderate and 37.7% high among 32.9% of young people. Explanatory findings showed that there is a positive and direct relationship between youth social capital and environmental sustainability. As a result, increasing the amount of social capital and its dimensions and components (cohesion, participation, trust and social relations is effective in environmental sustainability and people's attitudes towards the urban environment and environmental development of Bushehr

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