The crisis of ecological resilience and its consequences on the erosion of place attachment, case study: 15 to 19-year-old people of Zabol city

Shahbazi, AmirHamzehe; Shahbazi, Alireza; Sargazi, Zainab; Rakhshaninasab, Hamidreza

doi:10.22111/jneh.2021.36147.1720

The crisis of ecological resilience and its consequences on the erosion of place attachment, case study: 15 to 19-year-old people of Zabol city

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

¹ Assistant professor of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran

² Assistant Professor of Geohydrology, University of Zabol, Iran.

³ Masters of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran

10.22111/jneh.2021.36147.1720

Abstract

Zabol is a spatial node of the Sistan area, has been faced with two Phenomena (drought and dust) which greatly reduced life satisfaction and has caused a crisis of ecological resilience. Because the relationship between humans and the environment has been out of balance, tolerance, and adaptation, and the new phenomenon of "erosion of space attachment" has been occurred. This research is applied, descriptive-analytical, survey, with two-stage random sampling. The target population is 15 to19 years old people in Zabol, (432 units); Analysis models include Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Sign test, Kruskal Wallis, Spearman, Cross-tabulation, Cramer's V, Phi, and U Mann-Whitney. Based on 40 years analysis (1966-2005), "maximum average wind speed" with 10.8 knots and the highest frequency of storms with 68% of days with dust above the standard (the year 2010) belongs to Zabol, Therefore, it has increased referrals, hospitalization, and mortality due to respiratory disease. Based on the findings, 64% of young people consider the dust condition of the last 22 years, "bad to terrible". Also, 62% of women and 43% of men consider their comfort and quality of life "bad to terrible". Moreover, 68% of the respondents said that the satisfaction of the family children for living in Zabol is "little to nothing". 44% of respondents have no hope for the future of Helmand River and Hamoon Lake. The significance of these findings was confirmed with an error level of 0.000. The crisis of ecological resilience has led to the "erosion of place attachment" and the negative consequences of socio-psychological damage, Reducing the positive feeling to the place, Reducing the close relationship or investment, reduce the motivation and responsibility to improve the condition of the city, reduce the willingness to participate, monitor and especially reduce the sacrifice for the development of the neighborhood, city, and area.

Keywords

20.1001.1.26764377.1401.11.31.9.6

Main Subjects

Climate-change-new-findings

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