Impact of Lifestyle of Urban Households in Energy Crisis (With Emphasis on Iran)

Nowadays, Cities are considered to be the largest and most important human habitat due to their function at the national, regional and global levels and in different dimensions of political, social, cultural, economic and environmental dimensions, so that metropolises today play an important and affective function in global production. Hence, cities are considered to be the largest energy consumer units in the world, which create the greatest global challenges in the event of improper and non-principled use of energy. Countries try to choose the right and wise behavior to overcome these challenges. Undoubtedly, a systematic look at this issue is a principled approach, and attention to social issues is one of the most important and fundamental areas for exploration. The present paper examines the theoretical fundamentals of energy crisis approaches and states that government policies and practices at various levels, such as international agreements, the use of technology and green technology, rising prices for energy carriers, without the support of green thinking (a sustainable lifestyle), can not work well to deal with this crisis. A sustainable lifestyle is a treat way that attempts to reduce an individual's or society's use of the earth's natural resources and personal resources. Practitioners of sustainable living often attempt to reduce their carbon footprint by altering methods of transportation, energy consumption, and diet. Proponents of sustainable lifestyle aim to conduct their lives in ways that are consistent with sustainability, in natural balance and respectful of humanity's symbiotic relationship with the earth's natural ecology and cycles. The practice and general philosophy of ecological living are highly interrelated with the overall principles of sustainable development.