Geography and Regional Planning

Geography and Regional Planning

Sociological analysis of the effects of industrial development on the quality of life of Asalouye native community

Authors
Saeid Lohrasbi 1
Jafar Hezar Jaribi 2
Shala KazemiPoor 3
Majid Radfar 4
1 PhD student in Economic Sociology and Development, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University.
3 Associate Professor of Demography, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran.
4 Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Roudehen University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/jgeoq.2023.326856.3540
Abstract
The present study has studied the impact of oil and gas industry development on the quality of life of the local community of Assalouye

In this research, the quality of life of the people in the covered areas was discussed using the survey technique and the questionnaire tool. In the qualitative part, the in-depth interview technique was carried out with 17 local informants, officials and experts. In the quantitative section, the statistical population is all native residents over 18 years old in Asaluye region, which was selected as a sample of the statistical population by random proportional stratification sampling method and using Cochran's formula.

The most important findings of the research: the overall quality of life of the respondents has increased with an average of 3.34 after the oil industry entered the region. The average of social damages before the entry of the oil and gas industry was 1.71, but after the entry of the oil and gas industry in the region, it increased with an average of 3.62. The regression coefficient showed that before the entry of the oil industry, the quality of life can significantly explain the variance of the criterion variable, i.e., the state of social damage, to the extent of 20%.
Keywords
Quality of life
social damage
access to welfare services
social-cultural impact assessment
oil and gas industry