Abstract
Climate change has appeared to be one of the most devastating environmental threats in the current century. Assessing the awareness of the general population is an important measure to develop mitigation activities. The study aimed to investigate the awareness of communities for climate change and to analyze role of urban agriculture for climate resilience. The primary data was collected via survey research strategy through structured questionnaire. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Arbaminch town. A pre-tested questionnaire was used in data collection to evaluate group differences for dichotomous variables.
Highlights
Climate change has appeared to be one of the most devastating environmental threats in the current century
In quantitative research a hypothesis which predicts relationships and associations between the things to be investigating should be conducted. Based on this approach we have developed a hypothesis regarding the association between demographic characteristics with the knowledge and awareness of residents
The Chi-square test of independence was used to evaluate group differences for dichotomous variables .Logistic regression was used to determine the strength of the association between factors, in this study, for example, if age group could be used to predict the awareness of the respondents regarding climate change (1 = ‘‘Yes’’, 0 = ‘‘No’’)
Summary
Climate change has appeared to be one of the most devastating environmental threats in the current century. Respondent’s age, education level and occupation were statistically significant with the perception of respondents regarding the importance of urban agriculture for climate change intervention. According to the recent fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [1], warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures. Developing motivation for voluntary mitigation is mostly dependent on perceived susceptibility to threats and severity of climate change or climate variability im pacts. To address these issues effectively, it is essential to assess awareness regarding climate change in the general population [4]. Urban agriculture can play an important role in improving the urban environment and climate change and (to a lesser extent) mitigation as suggested by World Meteorological Organization [7]
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