The Analysis of Effects of Oil and Gas Industry Development on the Social Damage (Case Study: Asaluyeh Region)

Lohrasebi, Saeid; Hezarjaribi, Jafar; Kazemipour, Shahla; Radfar, Majid

doi:10.22050/pbr.2024.406228.1306

The Analysis of Effects of Oil and Gas Industry Development on the Social Damage (Case Study: Asaluyeh Region)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Saeid Lohrasebi ¹

Jafar Hezarjaribi ²

Shahla Kazemipour ³

Majid Radfar ⁴

¹ PhD student, Department of Economic Sociology and Development, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

² Professor, Department of Sociology, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.

³ Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

⁴ Associate Professor,Department of Social Sciences,Roudehen University,Tehran,Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22050/pbr.2024.406228.1306

Abstract

This research was conducted with the aim of studying the effects of oil and gas industry development on the state of social damage in the native community of Assalouye. This research was conducted using quantitative and qualitative methods, in the qualitative part, the in-depth interview method was used, and in the quantitative part, survey and correlation research methods were used. The population of the current study was the native residents of Asalouyeh, 17 of them participated in the qualitative part using the purposeful sampling method, and 380 people participated in the quantitative part using the random proportional classification sampling method. In order to collect data from the qualitative part, in-depth interviews were conducted with the participants, and the data from the quantitative part was collected using a semi-standard and researcher-made questionnaire. The results showed that under the influence of the oil and gas industry entering the region, social harm has increased significantly. Most of the respondents stated that due to their dissatisfaction with their current living situation, they would move to change their place of residence if possible. The results of the quantitative analysis showed that before the entry of the oil industry, the quality of life can explain the variance of the criterion variable, i.e., the state of social harms, in a significant way to the extent of -20%.

Keywords

Quality of life

Social damage

Industrial development

Oil and Gas industry

Asalouyeh

Subjects

Oil and Gas Economics and Management

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