Investigating Factors Affecting Environmental Behavior of Urban Residents: A Case Study in Tehran City- Iran | Science Publications

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Ali Asadi¹  Hossein S. Fami¹  H. M. Mohammadi¹  Khalil Kalantari¹ 

关键词: Attitude towards environment;    environmental behavior;    urban environment;    environmental problems;   

DOI  :  10.3844/ajessp.2007.67.74

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: Science Publications

【 摘 要 】

Environmental problems such as air and water pollution, urban garbage and climate changes in urban areas are the results of human behavior. Only change in human behavior can reduce these environmental problems. Thus studying attitude and behavior of people is a precondition to change this situation. So the main objective of this study was to find out individual and social factors affecting environmental behavior of urban citizens. To achieve this objective a conceptual framework derived out from review of literature to examine relationships among personal factors, attitude towards environment and environmental behavior. To examine this conceptual model, 1200 individuals of Tehran residents were randomly chosen and interviewed about their environmental behaviors, opinions, knowledge and sources of information on environment. The data were analyzed using correlation analysis, student

【 授权许可】

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