A Study of Related Cultural Factors and Environmental Behaviors among Residents of Yazd

Environmental problem is one of the social problems of Yazd and if it is not controlled may become as a crisis and decrease the outcomes of developmental benefits. This problem is mainly caused by industrial development, geographical, climatic conditions and dehydration. This paper studies the socio-cultural issues: namely cultural capital, religiosity, life style, mass media, and environmental behaviours among citizens of Yazd. The target population consisted of citizen of Yazd, from which 384 individuals were selected through random cluster sampling. Data collection technique was a questionnaire that has suitable validity and reliability. The results showed that environmental behavior was significantly related to cultural capital and lifestyle. There is a significant difference between men and women in environmental behaviors, too. But age, marital status, mass media, religiosity, education and environmental behaviors, have not significant relationship. The results of regression analysis showed that the adjusted coefficient of determination for all the independent variables was equal to 0.278, meaning that all these variables could explain approximately to 28 percent of the variation of the dependent variable (environmental behaviors).