The effect of motivation for public participation in environmental management

Abstract

The increase of population in Indonesia resulted in population density becomes larger. It is one of the factors in the emergence of slum settlements, especially in urban areas. The existence of slums is related to poor environmental sanitation facilities. Environmental sanitation is one of the environmental managements. Environmental management efforts can be successful if the community is willing to participate. However, until now, the level of community participation, especially those living in slum areas, is still relatively low. One of the reasons is the lack of motivation in the community to carry out environmental management. Therefore, it is essential to know the factors that cause community motivation still at low level. This study aims to verify if motivation has impact to community participation in environmental management. The method is with literature study from articles that relevant to the topic. It results that motivation is an encouragement that supports participation. The dominant motivational factor is internal factors. In addition, the factors of knowledge, social, and economic are also influence the level of motivation.