Objective Cultural Capital and Environmental Behaviors (Case Study: Sanandaj City)

Ahmadi, Yaghoub

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Objective Cultural Capital and Environmental Behaviors (Case Study: Sanandaj City)

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One of important areas of interest in sociology is the so-called environmental or pro-environmental behavior. In response to the rapidly growing global environmental problems many call for changes in how individuals should deal with the environment. An important aspect of moving towards an environmentally sustainable world is to promote pro-environmental behavior. This paper investigates the cultural factors that affect on people's Environmental Behaviors on Sanandaj City. This paper is a survey study by control of terms, is a broaden study by extended and is a cutting study by time (in the first half of 2015). The population is the entire person that has citizens in Sanandaj city. The sample size based on kockran formula is 320. The questionnaires with suitable structures validity (based on Kronbach’s coefficient of Alfa) in the ratio of age, sex in deferent areas have been distributed. Results indicate that the most effective variable on Environmental Behaviors of citizens is Objective Cultural Capital.

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International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (Volume 56)

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138-144

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https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.56.138

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Y. Ahmadi, "Objective Cultural Capital and Environmental Behaviors (Case Study: Sanandaj City)", International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Vol. 56, pp. 138-144, 2015

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July 2015

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Yaghoub Ahmadi

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Behavior, Belief, Citizen, Cultural Capital, Environment

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