Studying the Background and Social Factors Influencing the Environmental Behavior of Bandar Abbasi Residents

One of the most serious topics threatening human life at the beginning of the third millennium is environmental issues. Environmental problems are produced mainly as a result of human behavior. Thus, knowledge, attitude and practical intentions of people on environmental issues and how to deal with them, require considerable attention in considering of environmental behaviors. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social (knowledge, attitude and practical environmental intentions) and grounded variables (age, education, gender, marital status) with environmental behaviors of Bandar Abbas residents. The survey method was used in the present study. The study sample consisted of 200 individuals aged 16-69 in Bandar Abbas city who were randomly selected through cluster sampling. Findings from the present study demonstrated a significant relationship between social and environmental variables and environmental behaviors. In addition, the environmental issue in Bandar Abbas which is among most social classes an important social concern has not yet entered the public domain and is limited to the elite of the community. Therefore, environmental behaviors in this city will be practiced with proper training.