Sustainable urban development with citizens who are aware and adhere to environmental protection

Hamideh Sayyahpour¹

1) Senior expert in Training and Human Resources Development and employee of Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

IOI Code : XEDB-HHBCF
Publication : 8th.International Congress On Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban Development(8icsau.ir)
Abstract :
    A sustainable city is a city that is able to continue its life due to the economical use of resources, avoiding excessive production of wastes and recycling them as much as possible and accepting useful policies. Among the factors that help to realize the paradigm of sustainability, especially in cities, and must be consistent with the basic assumptions of sustainable development, are the environmental behaviors of citizens. Responsible environmental behaviors and citizen participation as a process have a very important role in urban planning and improving the performance of urban management in order to achieve sustainable urban development; Because the environmental citizen feels committed to environmental and ecological values and is more involved in environmental behaviors. In this article, a descriptive-analytical and library study was conducted with the aim of explaining the role and importance of citizens participation in the protection of the environment in order to achieve sustainable urban development. The results state that the more the citizens are in favor of the environment and in other words, environmental citizens, the environmental problems will decrease. Therefore, their environmental behaviors become more appropriate and responsible through education and institutionalization and the spirit of social responsibility, and sustainable urban development is also realized.

Keywords : environment environmental behavior environmental citizen sustainable development sustainable urban development