THE ROLE OF INFORMAL SOCIAL CONTROL IN MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES IN NORTH SINAI GOVERNORATE

Mohamed, Sally A. S.; Romeih, Y. A.; Mohamed, Shmoaa A.; Esleem, S. A.

doi:10.21608/sinjas.2024.273693.1255

THE ROLE OF INFORMAL SOCIAL CONTROL IN MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES IN NORTH SINAI GOVERNORATE

Document Type : Researches

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¹ Dept. Environ. Admin., Econ. and Legal Sci., Inst. Environ. Study. , Arish Univ., Egypt.

² Dept. Rural Sociology, Agric. Exten. Research Inst. and Rural Dev., Egypt.

³ Dept. Agric. Econ. , Fac. Agric. and Environ. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

⁴ Dept. Econ. and Rural Dev., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

10.21608/sinjas.2024.273693.1255

Abstract

This research mainly aimed to study the overall degree of the role of informal social control in managing natural resources in the research area, through: identifying the degree of knowledge of the respondents about the customs, traditions, and customs related to the natural resources in the study area, and identifying the degree of compliance of the respondents with the martial laws related to the natural resources in the study area. And to identify the degree of satisfaction of the respondents with the martial laws related to natural resources in the study area, and to identify the nature of the correlational and regression relationships between the independent variables and the overall degree of the role of informal social control in the management of natural resources in the research area, and to identify the most important conflicts related to natural resources in the research area from the point of view of the respondents, A regular random sample was selected from the heads of households in Bir al-Abd Center and Al-Arish Center, amounting to (200) individuals from Birr al-Abd Center and (200) individuals from Al-Arish Center, thus the total research sample reached (400) respondents, and the results showed that The majority of the Bedouin respondents have a high degree of knowledge of the customs and traditions related to plant and pastoral resources, at a rate of 46.25%. Nearly half of the Bedouin respondents have a high degree of knowledge of the customs and traditions related to livestock, at a rate of 47%.

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