Effect of environmental practices in creating sustainable development (Case: Bushehr city)

Subject Areas : Sustainable urban development

Golamreza Jafarinia ¹

1 - Associate Professo of Sociology and bushehrj, Branch, Islamic Azad University, bushehr, Iran

Received: 2021-11-16 Accepted : 2021-12-22 Published : 2021-12-22

Keywords: Environmental, Social behaviors, Social associations, Keywords: Social trust, Social Norms,

Abstract :

The overall objective of this study is to investigate Effect of environmental practices in creating sustainable developmentSecondary objective of the study is study on relation between social associations, social norms and social trust and environmental social behaviors of the employees of Bushehr.  The research method in this study is survey method. Our study population is 60,850 people of  busher employees that have been chosen using Cochran formula with sample size of 381 people. This statistical population is done by cluster sampling. We processed data using AMOS and SPSS software. The results of the statistical analysis show that according to the data regression model have done and Pearson correlation coefficient and significance level obtained from the regression, since significance levels in three variables of social associations, social norms and social trust were 0.00 that is smaller than 0.05 and also significance levels of structural equalities using AMOS software were 0.027, 0.024 and 0.012 respectively and all are smaller than 0.05, there is a relationship between these three assumptions and environmental social behaviors of bushehr. In the other words, all these three assumptions in this study have been confirmed.Extended AbstractIntroduction:     Today, political and economic crises and issues such as limited fossil fuel sustainability, environmental concerns, growing congestion, economic growth and consumption are all universal issues that are widely considered by thinkers to find appropriate solutions to energy problems in The world, and especially the environmental crises, have been preoccupied. On the one hand, in the current world, the economic and political support of countries depends on their productivity of fossil resources, and the depletion of fossil resources is not only a threat to the economies of exporting countries, but also a major concern for the economic system of importing nations. . Owners of natural resources and reserves, on the other hand, are well aware that their current withdrawals from their resources will require less productivity in the future and eventually "depletion of resources in the short term." are significant reasons that warn the need to change people's consumption attitudes. Energy practice and of course improving the environmental behaviors of people in general and modifying the consumption pattern in part in relation to energy resources in our country is also felt more and more, because preventing the waste of fossil fuel resources, in addition to rapid access More to sustainable development and conservation of resources for future generations, reducing environmental pollution that one One of the main problems of today's societies will be that human beings today live in a world in crisis. In recent decades, in addition to social, economic, political and value crises, which are considered serious threats, environmental problems and crises must be added to the list of global crises. Ever since man set foot on the planet, there has been a constant and stable interaction between him and the natural world. However, achieving behavioral changes in relation to a particular topic, first requires a change in people's attitudes toward the same topic. Therefore, understanding environmental attitudes is the primary goal of researchers in gaining new insights in order to help research in environmental behaviors. Sears' studies show that there are four levels of change in the individual. First, the individual's knowledge must change (education), this change in knowledge causes a change in attitude, and a change in attitude causes a change in individual behavior, and a change in individual behavior causes a change in group behavior. Thus, changing one's attitude towards one's personal knowledge requires more time. Changes in a person's attitude can affect his behavior and ultimately his group behavior (social and organizational)Methodology:     This research has been done as a survey. In sampling based on Cochran's logical formula, the optimal confidence level in this research is considered to be 0.95, so the desired probability level (d) is equal to 0.05 and the size of the variable in the natural distribution or The reliability coefficient (t‌) is equal to 1.96. Estimation can be used to determine variance. The largest sample required to answer a research question is obtained when the probability of having an adjective or being in sample (p) is 0.5. In this case, the standard error is minimized. As a result, the probability of not having an adjective or not being in sample (q) will be equal to 0.5.Results:         Hypothesis v1 Test: There seems to be a relationship between civic participation networks and environmental social behaviors of Bushehr citizens - The weight obtained between civic participation networks and environmental social behaviors of Bushehr citizens is equal to 0.11. This number is interpreted to mean that the direct effects of the two variables on each other are equal to 11%. The level of significance between the two variables of civic participation networks and environmental social behaviors is equal to 0.027. (Because the significant level between v1 and v5 is less than 0.05). Therefore, there is a relationship between civic participation networks and environmental social behaviors of Bushehr citizens Hypothesis v2 test: There seems to be a relationship between social norms and social environmental behaviors of Bushehr citizens. - The weight obtained between social norms and social environmental behaviors of Bushehr citizens is equal to 0.11. This number is interpreted to mean that the direct effects of the two variables on each other are equal to 11%. The significance level between the two variables of social norms and environmental social behaviors is equal to 0.024 (because the significance level between v2 and v5 is less than 0.05). Therefore, there is a relationship between social norms and environmental social behaviors of Bushehr citizens. Hypothesis v3 test: There seems to be a relationship between social trust and social environmental behaviors of Bushehr citizens. - The weight obtained between social trust and social environmental behaviors of Bushehr citizens is equal to 0.12. This number is interpreted to mean that the direct effects of the two variables on each other are equal to 12%. The level of significance between the two variables of social trust and environmental social behaviors is equal to 0.012 (because the level of significance between v3 and v5 is less than 0.05). Therefore, there is a relationship between social trust and environmental social behaviors of Bushehr citizens. Hypothesis of v1-v3 test: It seems that there is a relationship between the network of civil participation and social trust in the citizens of Bushehr. - The weight obtained between the network of civil participation and social trust in the citizens of Bushehr is equal to 0.21. This number is interpreted as the direct effects of two variables on each other equal to 0.21 percent. Also, there is no relationship between the Civil Participation Network and the social trust of the citizens of Bushehr. (Because the significant level between 3 v and v1 is greater than 0.05).Conclusion:       With the formation of environmental sociology, over the years, the importance of research on environmental issues also increased. Sociologists who have studied environmental issues at different times in history have considered different areas. According to the five areas that Butel has identified for this area of ​​sociology, namely: the new human ecosystem; Environmental attitudes, values ​​and behaviors; Environmental movement; Technological risk and risk assessment; And political economy in environmental policy, the present study in general, is based on the fifth category of this classification. Because it seeks to study the behavior, attitudes and environmental values ​​of individuals (Salehi: 55, 2010). In other words, this research is placed on issues related to the relationship between society and the environment, a topic that is examined by the sociology of the environment as a sub-branch of sociology. Gücken et al. Is (same). Researchers in many fields believe that countries cause serious and irreparable damage to the environment under the pretext of achieving technological development. Since Iran is currently one of the developing countries in the world rankings, it may be necessary to pay full attention to the environment and prevent its destruction and damage in order to achieve development horizons. , It seems necessary. The main issue of this research is the issue of environmental social behaviors. Iran has rich energy reserves and natural resources, but has always had problems due to the lack of conscious use of these resources and their misuse. Perhaps changing the social behavior of individuals in relation to this issue was the main goal on which this research was initially based. It seemed that by changing habits, raising awareness and leading people to pay more attention to the environment and related issues, a solution could be found for this issue. Therefore, a set of factors that seemed to be able to explain the significant environmental behavior of individuals based on theoretical approaches and previous research, were included in the analytical model and their indicators were considered. A questionnaire including demographic variables, environmental social behaviors, civic participation networks, social norms and social trust was made available to the sample. Data were collected and analyzed using statistical software, which is summarized below.

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