Factors Affecting People’s Environmental Awareness In The Urban Areas: A Case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abstract

Background: In developing countries, the urban environment is deteriorating over time. In the meantime, people's demand for clean and green residential and recreational places has increased. If so, why has it been hard to keep clean and green cities? This paper investigates the level and determinants of environmental awareness in Addis Ababa. From three sub-cities, a three-stage sampling procedure applies to select 293 sample respondents. The data collection applies a structured questionnaire. We applied a five-point Likert scale to classify the levels of awareness. Besides, an ordered logit model was applied to analyze factors that affect the level of awareness.Results: The result shows that the knowledge of forest degradation is high, while the attitude to reduce the use of glass bottles is medium. The cognitive skill on the cause of acid rain is medium. The probability of low (13%) and medium (26%) levels of environmental awareness increases for the income group of 601 to 1650. Likewise, the likelihood of having low levels of environmental awareness rises by 9%; in contrast, the probability of having a moderate level of environmental awareness increases by 12% for the age of 50 to 59. The TVET educational level has a low chance of having low (8%) and medium (12%) levels of awareness.Conclusions: An income-generating activity raises employment opportunities and creates a better income, which would influence the environmental mindset. So, improving the living standard assures clean and green cities. Besides, the higher the education, the better would be environmental knowledge, cognitive skills, and attitude. In the meantime, besides formal education, adult education, training, and workshops are alternatives to enhance environmental awareness.

Assessment on Management Practice and Major Health Problems of Dairy Farms in And Around Wolaita Sodo, Southern Ethiopia

“…In agreement with these findings, Nwaru et al, [24] reported that livestock diseases are the principal factors affecting the production and productivity of dairy plants. Moreover, Dawit and Ahmed, [25] reported several reproductive health problems including lameness, sterility, dystocia, and brucellosis, in dairy cows kept under different management systems in and around Kombolcha, Northern-Ethiopia [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37].…”

Urban Land Use Trend and Drivers over the Last Three Decades in Addis Ababa and Impacts to the Sustainable Land Management

“…Thus, the change such as deforestation, devoid of the green areas and grass land is the manifestation of the unsustainable land use which in turn have detrimental effects on flooding, urban heat islands, biodiversity loss, adverse economic and social impacts and negative impacts on the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG. The urban residents of Addis Ababa are also aware of the adverse effects of urbanization or urban expansion as revealed by our previous studies (Getachew et al, 2021;Weldeghebrael, 2021). The study by Getachew et al, 2021, stated that the about 57% of the respondents have high level of environmental knowledge.…”

“…The urban residents of Addis Ababa are also aware of the adverse effects of urbanization or urban expansion as revealed by our previous studies (Getachew et al, 2021;Weldeghebrael, 2021). The study by Getachew et al, 2021, stated that the about 57% of the respondents have high level of environmental knowledge.…”

Anthropological Linguistics

“…The Me' en call the Dizi, Bench, Na' o (Nayi) and Chara su or gimbirit because they are considered immigrant groups to the area (Abbink, 1992). The Majangir are known by derogatory names such as Masango, Tama and Ujang, all associated with slavery (Getachew, 2014). Regarding their language, Joswig (2019) lists ten glottonyms: the self-name Ato Majangeronk 'mouth of Majang people' , Ajo, Mageno, Majangir, Majanjiro, Mezhenger, Masongo, Mesengo, Ojang, and Tama, all without derogatory connotation.…”