Urban Planning
ESMAEiL nasiri hendehkhaleh; fazlollah esmaeili; REYHANEH YOUNESI SANDI
Abstract
The aim of the current research is to identify the influencing factors of the sense of belonging to the place on the responsible environmental behavior of the citizens of the new city of Hashtgerd. The research is descriptive-analytical, documentary and survey methods were used to collect data. The sample ...
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The aim of the current research is to identify the influencing factors of the sense of belonging to the place on the responsible environmental behavior of the citizens of the new city of Hashtgerd. The research is descriptive-analytical, documentary and survey methods were used to collect data. The sample volume was determined using Cochran's 453 formula. The sample was selected randomly. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by university professors and its reliability through Cronbach's alpha statistic (0.789). In order to analyze the questions of the questionnaire, non-parametric tests were used, and to extract the relationships between the variables, correlation test and path analysis, SPSS and AMOS software were used. The results of the research showed that there is a significant relationship between all the variables of sense of place belonging (fixed variable) and responsible environmental behavior of citizens (dependent variable). The perceptual-cognitive variable has the highest coefficients. This variable has an effect of 0.37 units on the level of the dependent variable (environmentally responsible behavior of citizens) and all indicators of this variable are significant at the alpha level of 0.05 and at the 99 percent confidence level. The results of the path analysis also show that the perceptual-cognitive variable (β=0.173) has the highest direct and indirect effect on the environmentally responsible behavior of citizens and the performance index ranks second.
Urban Planning
ESMAEiL nasiri hendehkhaleh; Seyedeh Yasaman Mohagheghpour
Abstract
Senior tourism is receiving a lot of attention due to its capabilities and competitive advantages. Qom city is the second largest pilgrimage center in the country in national level, a potential market that can use its competitive advantage in attracting senior tourists by removing barriers of seniors’ ...
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Senior tourism is receiving a lot of attention due to its capabilities and competitive advantages. Qom city is the second largest pilgrimage center in the country in national level, a potential market that can use its competitive advantage in attracting senior tourists by removing barriers of seniors’ travel.The purpose of this study is to provide a framework for identifying the direct and indirect impacts of barriers affecting the development of senior tourism in Qom city. The barriers to senior tourism development are classified into four main sectors of economic, social and cultural, managerial and organizational, government attitudes. This research is an applied research and the method is descriptive-analytical. Survey and library methods were used for data collection. The statistical population of the study consists of senior tourists and experts in tourism. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software. The results indicated that four factors have a positive effect on the lack of development of senior tourism. The results of T-test also showed that all barriers were higher than the criterion level at the significant level of 0.05 and the highest mean is allocated to economic barriers (5.17) and lowest mean to managerial and organizational barriers (2.10). The most influential factor on the lack of development of senior tourism is economic barriers (with beta coefficient of 0.643) which explains 52% of the variance of senior tourism lack of development. The Tolerance coefficient of 0.923 also indicates that economic barriers are strong predictor and criterion.
