Evaluation of environmental security indicators of rural settlements (case study: Sarroud shomali village)

mansoor tabiee ¹ ( Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Shiraz University )
shahrokh eftekhari ² ( PhD student in sociology, Shiraz University, )
Inayatullah Mushfaq Nejadi ³ ( PhD student in Geography and Rural Planning, Kharazmi University )
afshin hekmati asl ⁴ ( not )

Submited date : 2022-06-01 Accepted date : 2022-10-02

Keywords: development, environment, Environmental security, Sarroud shomali,

Abstract :

Failure to pay attention to the environmental capacity of settlements and the implementation of projects and plans without considering environmental issues has primarily affected the environmental security of these areas. Therefore, the evaluation of the status of the environmental security indicators of the villages helps the local administration, planners and rural workers for appropriate and efficient planning to achieve sustainability and environmental security. The present study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the environmental security indicators in the rural settlements of Sar Roud Shomali village. This research is applied in terms of purpose and quantitative, descriptive-analytical and survey in terms of nature and method. The tool of data collection is a researcher's questionnaire based on the research background and preliminary studies of the researchers. The sample size was obtained using Cochran's formula of 380 households. To measure the validity of the research, the face validity method and Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.886 were used for the reliability of the research. The results show that environmental security is in an unstable state with an average of 2.46. Since sustainable rural development can be achieved in a healthy and sustainable environment, the lack of environmental security makes it impossible to achieve sustainable development. Among the factors affecting environmental security, the index of environmental awareness with a weight of 6.25 has the most importance and the destruction of environmental resources with a weight of 3.56 has the least importance. Also, there is a direct and positive correlation between environmental security and indicators affecting it. Environmental security has the highest correlation with the environmental awareness index with a value of 0.787 and the lowest correlation with the sewage system index with a value of 0.679.