SOCIAL STUDY ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY IN SOME VILLAGES OF THE NEW VALLEY GOVERNORATE | ||||
| Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||||
| Article 14, Volume 28, Issue 2, July 2014, Page 1-16 PDF (656.64 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research articles. | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2014.193709 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Mostafa Lotfy Abdel Aziz | ||||
| Desert Research Center | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The research was done to indentify the degree of public participation in developing some villages in the New Valley Governorate, to determine the relationship between the studied independent variables and the degree of popular Participation in the development process, to define the contributing part of the independent variables of significant correlation in explaining the total variance in the change of popular participation in developing such villages. The research also recognized respondent's problems that limit their participation in developing society at the study area as well as respondent's suggestions to support and boost public participation from their point of view. The study was carried out in the New Valley Governorate as follows: El Massara and El Bashendy villages – El Dakhla Center, El Liwaa (Major General) and El Kefah villages – El farafra Center, the two villages are considered major centers in terms of people's participation in the development process. Data were collected via personal interviews with respondents using questionnaire form during February, 2014. Data were analyzed using the Percentage %, Replicate Tabular Presentation, Burson's Simple Correlation Coefficient and Model analysis Multiple Regression. With regard to identifying the degree of public participation in developing society in some villages in the New Valley Governorate, results showed that 74.83 % were of moderate and high public participation in terms of environment conservation, 82.72 % were of moderate and high public participation in utilizing date palm fronds, 74.83 % were of moderate and high public participation in manufacturing carpets from sheep wool and 82.72 % were moderate and high of the total degree of public participation. Results showed a significant correlation at 0.01 significance level among the levels that express respondent's perspective in the change of public participation in developing society in some villages in the New Valley Governorate in terms of age, the attitude toward the involvement in environmental activities, the trend toward the engagement in public participation, the degree of exposure to the sources of information, and tendency to adopt latest innovations and updates. Results also indicated a significant correlation at 0.05 significance level between the degree of public participation in developing society in some villages in the New Valley Governorate and the studded independent variables in terms of land possession size, participant's education level, whereas there was an insignificant relationship for one variable i.e. the degree of opinion leadership. Results also revealed that there were six(6) independent variables of the total independent variables explain around 44.2 % of the total variance of public participation in developing society in some villages in the New Valley Governorate. | ||||
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