Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours towards the Environmental Issues: Case of Northern Cyprus

Varoğlu, Lütfiye; Temel, Senar; Yılmaz, Ayhan

doi:10.12973/ejmste/81153

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“…For the engagement in direct PEBs, environmental knowledge provided through a formal environmental education might not be strong enough to bring a positive change. This finding can be supported by the study of Varoglu et al [66], which reported a moderate relationship between environmental knowledge and environmental attitudes of students in secondary school level in North Cyprus and found a weak relationship between environmental knowledge and PEBs.…”

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Roles of Environmental System Knowledge in Promoting University Students’ Environmental Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviors

Janmaimool

Khajohnmanee

2019

Sustainability

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This study aims to investigate the role of environmental system knowledge in promoting pro-environmental behaviors. Relationships between environmental knowledge and environmental attitudes as well as environmental knowledge and pro-environmental behaviors were analyzed. Environmental system knowledge includes knowledge of political ecology, sustainable development, environment and ecology, and environmental situations. This study included 128 students enrolling in the elective course entitled “Environment and Development” provided by the King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi in Bangkok city of Thailand and 150 students who were not participating in this course. The results revealed that environmental attitudes of students participating in the course was significantly higher than that of students not attending the course. Only knowledge of the environment and ecology highly correlated with environmental attitudes; on the other hand, diverse environmental knowledge significantly correlated with pro-environmental behaviors. The result also demonstrated that indirect impact environmental behaviors reported by both groups were statistically different, but there was no significant difference in direct impact environmental behaviors. This study suggested that environmental knowledge provided through a formal education could promote environmental attitudes, but it may not contribute to students’ engagement in direct impact environmental behaviors.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

Roles of Environmental System Knowledge in Promoting University Students’ Environmental Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviors

Janmaimool

Khajohnmanee

2019

Sustainability

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“…Varoglu et al [124] Environmental literacy, attitudes, awareness, and behaviour studies were conducted among 335 middle school students in Eskişehir to determine the effects of purchasing good environmental products. The study showed that environmental illiteracy has no major effect on the attitude and purchase of environmental products, while awareness has a positive effect on a pro-environmental attitude toward environmentally-friendly purchased products.…”

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Raising Awareness on Solid Waste Management through Formal Education for Sustainability: A Developing Countries Evidence Review

2021

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Solid Waste Management (SWM) is a multifaceted problem comprising political, socioeconomic, institutional, and environmental aspects. Due to exponential urban growth, it has become one of the most significant issues faced by urban spaces in developing countries. The gap in environmental knowledge among the youth and the old within developing countries contribute to ecological issues or waste management problems, resulting in unsustainable development, with important consequences in low-income countries. For that matter, a systematic review was conducted aiming to identify and analyse environmental knowledge, awareness, attitudes, and practice studies on SWM from 2010 to 2019 in developing countries. The evidence suggests that students at both secondary and tertiary levels have positive environmental attitudes, and high awareness of environmental issues, but there is a lack of practical education of teachers to guide students to put SWM into practice. Student’s low environmental knowledge is related to a deficiency in teachers’ practical experience in SWM for environmental sustainability. A relationship between teachers’ and students’ knowledge and attitudes towards SWM, as well as differences in awareness, attitude, and practices of SWM linked with education and age, were also found. This review also revealed that the lack of environmental education in most developing countries is caused by fragilities in practical environmental curricula of teachers to respond to modern-day environmental issues for sustainable development and cleaner production (CP). To bridge the knowledge gap between the youth and older people in SWM, environmental sustainability education should be integrated into schools at all levels within developing countries.

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“…How these two variables showed significantly correlated with r = .693. Varoglu, Temel, & Yilmaz (2018) conducted studies on the relationship between knowledge, attitude, and behaviour of students. The findings show that environmental knowledge has a poor relationship but significant correlation (r = 0.21, p = 0.05) against environmental behaviour.…”

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Correlation Between Knowledge, Attitude, and Behaviour Towards River Pollution

Alias

2019

IJMTSS

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Lately, environmental issues are seen as one of the serious issues plaguing the world's population detected. One issue is the pollution of the river. This study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitude toward the behavior of river pollution. Research conducted the survey method through the use of questionnaires as instruments to collect data on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour of river pollution. A total of 150 respondents participated in the study. The results showed that knowledge and attitude have a significant correlation with the behaviour of river pollution. Although both variables have seen significant relationships on knowledge there is a more powerful influence on behavior than attitude pollution.

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours towards the Environmental Issues: Case of Northern Cyprus

Cited by 25 publications

References 33 publications

Roles of Environmental System Knowledge in Promoting University Students’ Environmental Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviors

Roles of Environmental System Knowledge in Promoting University Students’ Environmental Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviors

Raising Awareness on Solid Waste Management through Formal Education for Sustainability: A Developing Countries Evidence Review

Correlation Between Knowledge, Attitude, and Behaviour Towards River Pollution

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