Environmental Concern in South Africa: An Attitudinal Study

Grieve, Katharine W.; Staden, Frederik J. van

doi:10.1177/008124638501500405

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“…Women are more likely to say they are more upset by anti‐environmental events and that they intend to do more about environmental problems, but they seem to have less factual knowledge about such problems than men (Arcury & Christianson, ; Gambro & Switzky, ; Gifford et al, ; Levine & Strube, ). This pattern—that women express more concern, but men are more knowledgeable—has been confirmed in other studies (Arcury, Scollay, & Johnson, ; Grieve & Van Staden, ; Schahn & Holzer, ; Stern et al, ). Perhaps this is one result of social and school systems that discourage girls from early interests in science and the environment.…”

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Personal and social factors that influence pro-environmental concern and behaviour: A review

2014

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We review the personal and social influences on pro-environmental concern and behaviour, with an emphasis on recent research. The number of these influences suggests that understanding pro-environmental concern and behaviour is far more complex than previously thought. The influences are grouped into 18 personal and social factors. The personal factors include childhood experience, knowledge and education, personality and self-construal, sense of control, values, political and world views, goals, felt responsibility, cognitive biases, place attachment, age, gender and chosen activities. The social factors include religion, urban-rural differences, norms, social class, proximity to problematic environmental sites and cultural and ethnic variations We also recognize that pro-environmental behaviour often is undertaken based on none of the above influences, but because individuals have non-environmental goals such as to save money or to improve their health. Finally, environmental outcomes that are a result of these influences undoubtedly are determined by combinations of the 18 categories. Therefore, a primary goal of researchers now should be to learn more about how these many influences moderate and mediate one another to determine pro-environmental behaviour.

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Personal and social factors that influence pro-environmental concern and behaviour: A review

2014

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“…The study on social determinants of environmental concern has found only income level as the determinant factor but gender and education were found to be insignificant (Kölmek, 2011) which is similar to the study of (Samdahl and Robertson, 1989) where none of the socio-demographic variables were found to be significant. But it contradicts to prior research where age, sex, education qualifications, membership to youth organizations and participation in nature oriented activities were found significant with which women reflecting higher environmental concern (Grieve and van Staden, 1985; Gifford and Nilsson, 2014). The subjects were concerned about which youngsters with higher education level were more aware of their environment and concerned about the environment than the older and less educated respondents (Abdul-Wahab and Abdo, 2010).…”

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“…Environmental concern-refers values, attitude, intention and concern about the environment and its problems such as erosion, sedimentation, water and air pollution, deforestation and wastes ...etc (Grieve and van Staden, 1985; Berenguer et al., 2005; Al-Subaiee, 2016) .…”

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“…Ones people are aware of their environment and types, environmental concern is taken as a basic unit of analysis in assessing different groups' of attitudes toward ecological issues such as pollution and wildlife preservation (Grieve and van Staden, 1985). Environmental consideration and conservation of endangered species while promoting responsible and sustainable development simultaneously (Coetzer, 2005) should have the rationale for participatory environmental management mainly in low-income countries (El-Zein et al., 2006).…”

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Determinants of environmental conservation in Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia

Bires

Raj

2019

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This study has investigated the factors that determine the conservation of one of the major ecosystem in Ethiopia, Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, using primarily quantitative followed by qualitative approach to provide adequate results of the problem under study. The study has employed the descriptive design and a total of 305 samples from rural households (n = 159) and tourism-related enterprises (n = 146) were selected based on a stratified random sampling technique. Samples were drawn based on their direct attachment either in their livelihood and possess a responsibility to the study area. Data were collected through questionnaires, observation, focus group discussion, unstructured interview and secondary data was consulted. Exploratory factor analysis was used to extract dimensions for environmental awareness. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze data using SPSS version 23. Ten Socio-demographic variables of samples were used as an independent variable and environmental conservation dimensions as dependent variables. The result revealed that out of the 10 variables employed in the analysis, six variables were found significant. Hence, marital status, household size, income source, household income, membership to club and resident location were found to be significant. Qualitative analysis revealed wrong reports for political consumption driven little government attention and lack of integrated natural resource management policy and plan were major factors hindering conservation. A vivid and holistic destination management policy making with enough room to stakeholders' involvement shall be a prior task for the government for better conservation of the ecosystem and sustainable development.

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“…Education level: One of the most consistent findings in this article concerns the relationship between environmental behaviour and education level. Research shows that students with a high academic level often show more concern for the environment than students with a low academic level (Buttel and Flinn, 1978b;Grieve and Van Staden, 1985;Reynolds, 1992;Craffert and Willers, 1994) [147][148][149][150][151]. Reynolds (1992) conducted a study in which he found that high-performing students showed more caring behaviour towards the environment than low-performing students.…”

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Students’ Empathy for the Environment through Eco-Art Place-Based Education: A Review

2021

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The existing state of the world climate creates the need for an educational programme that incorporates effective proposals for the environment that can be practically implemented. The present environmental education literature has changed due to new study paradigms. Understanding how students relate to nature, how their personal beliefs and behaviours are influenced, and how their actions are affected can provide an increased understanding of how they can contribute meaningfully to global objectives. This paper aims to analyse educational research papers published in the area of environmental art education in order to find the factor with the greatest effect and illuminate how they can help to improve the measures implemented. This study paper (i) focuses on students’ engagement with an environment curriculum; (ii) demonstrates the need for action related to the environment; (iii) encourages critical thinking; and (iv) demonstrates students’ independent thinking and rational decision making. The findings show that such research can help to improve environmental art education based on action and take future research challenges into account.

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Environmental Concern in South Africa: An Attitudinal Study

Cited by 13 publications

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Personal and social factors that influence pro-environmental concern and behaviour: A review

Personal and social factors that influence pro-environmental concern and behaviour: A review

Determinants of environmental conservation in Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia

Students’ Empathy for the Environment through Eco-Art Place-Based Education: A Review

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