Analysis of elites' view of environment-based development in Iran
محورهای موضوعی :mostafa mokhtari 1 , suorosh fathi 2 , Mehrdad Navabakhsh 3
1 - Ph.D. Student of Development Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran West Branch
2 - Assistant Professor of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran West Branch
3 - Professor of Sociology at Islamic Azad University, Research Sciences Unit
کلید واژه: Elites, Qualitative analysis, development, environment,
چکیده مقاله :
The issue of development in most countries of the world is a concern for the transition from uncertain and problematic conditions to stable and acceptable conditions. Therefore, it has attracted a lot of scientific and non-scientific attention, and many efforts have been made all over the world to achieve it. One of the most important prerequisites for development is focusing on the environment, and based on this, the purpose of this article is to analyze the elites' view of development based on the environment in Iran, to identify the development process and analyze it scientifically.The method of this qualitative research is exploratory type, which was carried out with a fundamental interpretative approach. collection is based on in-depth interviews and 15 in-depth interviews were conducted with these elites in different positions using targeted sampling.The findings of this research showed that in order to achieve environment-based development in Iran, two important factors are needed in the national and international arenas. In the national arena, four factors; land use policy, adaptability and flexibility to climate change; The level of access to clean energy and prevention of industrial pollution and in the international arena, seven factors; Coordination and management of the contradiction between development and the environment, decarbonization of the economy, changing the consumption pattern, investing in infrastructure, paying attention to biodiversity, eliminating biological threats, and formulating a resilient climate strategy create development based on the environment.
