Urban and Regional Development Planning
Aliakbar Salaripour; Arman Hamidi; Alieh Faridi Foshtomi,; Amir Hosein Nourbakhsh
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The current research is descriptive-quantitative. In order to collect information with the aim of measuring the impact of the degree of attachment to the city as well as the individual characteristics of the citizens on the occurrence of pro-environmental behaviors among the citizens, a number of 402 ...
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The current research is descriptive-quantitative. In order to collect information with the aim of measuring the impact of the degree of attachment to the city as well as the individual characteristics of the citizens on the occurrence of pro-environmental behaviors among the citizens, a number of 402 questionnaires were completed by the residents of Rasht city. The data obtained from the questionnaires were quantitatively entered into the SPSS software and then modeling and analysis of the findings were done using the Smart PLS3 software. The results of the research showed that, contrary to expectations, there is no effective relationship between the indicators of individual attachment to the place, place of birth, length of residence and level of education on the environmental protection behaviors of citizens; But on the other hand, the modeling results showed that in the first step, the environmental protection behaviors of the citizens have the most connection and effectiveness with the social attachment of the citizens to the place or the city, and there is a significant link between these two variables, so this variable It can be an important factor in the formation and direction of citizens' minds in order to support the environment of their city. Then, in the next step, a number of individual characteristics of citizens, including age and marital status, also affect the environmental protection behaviors of citizens, and there is a direct relationship between them.
Sepideh Khoshbin; Mojgan Zaeimdar; Roxana Moogouei; Rokhshad Hejazi
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Abstract This study aims to investigate the impact of current laws and policies on performing pro-environmental behaviors based on views of two groups of citizens and executive managers in the Environment Department of Tehran Municipality. Nowadays, studying causes effective on performing pro-environmental ...
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Abstract This study aims to investigate the impact of current laws and policies on performing pro-environmental behaviors based on views of two groups of citizens and executive managers in the Environment Department of Tehran Municipality. Nowadays, studying causes effective on performing pro-environmental behaviors is one of the most important issues in psychology and sociology. Accordingly, many internal and external factors play role in performing pro-environmental behaviors. This article is a descriptive – survey research using quantitative content analysis method with a systematic view on effective causes of performing pro-environmental behaviors of citizens. Sample population is 641 citizens and 49 executive managers of the environment department of Tehran Municipality and Tehran city is the spatial territory of this research. Data gathered by questionnaire was analyzed by means of statistical analysis methods including the independent one-sample T test and Chi- square via SPSS software. The results indicate lack of efficiency of current laws and policies for changing pro-environmental behaviors of Tehran citizens.