Payame Noor University Physical Social Planning 2645-5471 7 2 2020 08 22 The Effectiveness of Education in How to Deal with Environmental Crises with a Physical Approach (Case Study: Municipal Experts) The Effectiveness of Education in How to Deal with Environmental Crises with a Physical Approach (Case Study: Municipal Experts) 111 120 7010 10.30473/psp.2020.7010 FA Seyed Mohammad Shobeiri Professor, Department of Environmental Education, Payame Noor University and Head of UNESCO Chair on Environmental Education Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2019 08 05 Natural crises that can occur following a natural disaster can lead to casualties and severe financial and environmental damage. Therefore, utilizing knowledge, reason and planning, and especially by relying on the knowledge of crisis management, can minimize potential damage. To use the knowledge of crisis management, the role of education is very important to identify environmental issues and to find appropriate solutions to them. The role of education is very effective in covering these issues in order to achieve sustainable progress and increase the capacity of individuals. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effectiveness of education in how to deal with environmental crises, which is applied in terms of purpose and quasi-experimental with a survey approach in terms of method. The statistical population is the experts of Tehran Municipality Crisis Management Organization. Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk and t-tests were used to obtain the research findings. The results show that education in all stages of crisis management has a significant relationship with prevention, preparedness, coping and reconstruction in promoting knowledge and skills training. Therefore, the findings indicate that the use of the most appropriate training method to change the behavior of human resources in improving their knowledge, awareness and skills about the dangers and potential causes of environmental damage is a key factor in dealing with environmental crises. Natural crises that can occur following a natural disaster can lead to casualties and severe financial and environmental damage. Therefore, utilizing knowledge, reason and planning, and especially by relying on the knowledge of crisis management, can minimize potential damage. To use the knowledge of crisis management, the role of education is very important to identify environmental issues and to find appropriate solutions to them. The role of education is very effective in covering these issues in order to achieve sustainable progress and increase the capacity of individuals. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effectiveness of education in how to deal with environmental crises, which is applied in terms of purpose and quasi-experimental with a survey approach in terms of method. The statistical population is the experts of Tehran Municipality Crisis Management Organization. Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk and t-tests were used to obtain the research findings. The results show that education in all stages of crisis management has a significant relationship with prevention, preparedness, coping and reconstruction in promoting knowledge and skills training. Therefore, the findings indicate that the use of the most appropriate training method to change the behavior of human resources in improving their knowledge, awareness and skills about the dangers and potential causes of environmental damage is a key factor in dealing with environmental crises. https://psp.journals.pnu.ac.ir/article_7010_fefb708e9ee3dcced4d3e86505572228.pdf