Knowledge Of Environmental Problems Research Articles

Best examples of tourism environmental management at the destinations: Integrative literature review

The article considers the studies and researches in the best examples of tourism environmental management at the tourism destinations and the important issues that have emerged. This work is found on an integrative literature review on tourism, sustainability policy and involvement of local communities at decision-making processes which connected with the tourism environmental management. Furthermore, major 50 research themes have been categorized and research frameworks have been developed based on literature gaps. Previous studies have investigated the different reasons for adopting sustainability experience and practices, such as the local communities’ influence on environmental management, personal advantages, and knowledge of environmental problems. The findings of the article are reviewing best environmental management case studies, including Australia, Malaysia, Ecuador, South Africa etc. and using them for the future research in different countries. The originality of the research lies in giving the compressed overview on the tourism environmental management for 20-year publications. The impact of this study might provide guidance in this area and help develop the future research.

Explaining Public Participation in Environmental Governance in China

This article uses nationwide survey data to answer two questions: who participates in environmental governance in China and why? First it explores the social structural characteristics that distinguish participants, finding that city dwellers, the more educated and those with higher incomes and higher social status are more likely to participate, while women, the elderly, those with rural residence registration and migrants are less likely. It then tests two main explanations as to why people participate in environmental governance: instrumentality and identity. Participation is associated with attention to conservation issues, the perceived effectiveness of local environmental governance, knowledge of environmental problems, reading newspapers and magazines, voting in local elections, identification with a middle-class lifestyle and observance of Western holidays. Combining the analyses into a structural model shows that instrumental and identity-related variables account for nearly all of the social structural variation in participation. Participation is thus a function both of instrumental considerations and identities.

Cultivating Green Behavior of Eco Literation-Based Elementary School Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study aims to describe how to grow the green behavior of elementary school students based on Eco literation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The method used is a literature review with a systematic mapping study technique as a library search. Based on the results of the study, Green behavior that is grown in children based on Eco literation includes 4 components of Eco literation, namely implications, ecological knowledge, knowledge of environmental problems and environmentally responsible behavior. Through these 4 literacy components children can have a concern for health, personal hygiene and care for the environment, the ability to communicate and apply ecological concepts, an understanding of various problems and issues related to the environment that are influenced by aspects of politics, education, economy, and government institutions and active participation which is aimed at solving and solving problems through selected lifestyle activities. During the COVID 19 pandemic, cultivating Eco literation-based green behavior can be provided through online learning by utilizing digital technology through modeling, habituation, and repetition in everyday life such as consuming healthy food, exercising diligently, carrying out health protocols (diligently washing hands with soap and running water, wearing masks and keeping your distance), besides teaching people to limit activities that can harm themselves and the environment, which are packaged attractively and conveyed through various digital media such as blogs, websites, podcasts, and other social media

Identificação de problemas ambientais na ótica dos estudantes do ensino Fundamental e Médio de Rio Paranaíba-MG

O conhecimento dos problemas ambientais é importante para a discussão e tomada de atitudes sobre a conservação do meio ambiente. Rio Paranaíba é marcado pela intensa produção agrícola e poucos programas de incentivo a conservação ambiental. Objetivou-se verificar a identificação dos problemas ambientais na ótica dos estudantes do Ensino Fundamental e Médio, conscientizá-los sobre esta problemática, bem como, destacar a importância dos diferentes biomas e sua conservação. Foram aplicadas metodologias específicas às faixas etárias envolvendo questionários, vídeos, palestras e atividades lúdicas em três escolas do município. Os estudantes do Ensino Fundamental I apresentaram uma visão do meio ambiente globalizado. Já os estudantes do Ensino Fundamental II e Médio apresentaram uma visão "naturalista" do meio ambiente, não associando natureza e sociedade. Estudantes e professores demostraram que muitos dos temas tratados durante as atividades foram novidades para eles.

Еколого-економічні аспекти підготовки фахівців спеціальності "Облік і оподаткування"

З'ясовано основні вимоги, яким у сучасному ринковому середовищі повинен відповідати фахівець спеціальності "Облік і оподаткування". Встановлено необхідність володіння не лише теоретичними знаннями, але й практичними уміннями з бухгалтерського обліку та фінансів; здійснення аналізу витрат та передбачення результатів для різноманітних проектів, зокрема і міжнародних; застосування методів управлінського обліку для формування ефективних управлінських рішень. З'ясовано основні види відповідальності такого фахівця на різних управлінських рівнях. Встановлено різноманітні методи навчання, які дають змогу студентам оволодіти потрібними фаховими компетентностями. Охарактеризовано закономірності формування світогляду майбутніх фахівців і запропоновано на усіх рівнях підготовки наголошувати на зміні споживацького підходу до використання ресурсів на екологічно спрямований, з усвідомленням своєї відповідальності, зокрема й екологічної. До стандартів з підготовки фахівців спеціальності "Облік і оподаткування" освітнього рівня "бакалавра" і "магістра" запропоновано ввести фахові компетентності, що б передбачали екологічні аспекти у формуванні світогляду студентів. Оцінено рівень екологізації навчальних програм щодо усіх дисциплін на кафедрі обліку і аудиту НЛТУ України, а також науковий внесок викладачів щодо застосування еколого-економічних підходів у підготовці фахівців спеціальності "Облік і оподаткування".

A framework to diagnose factors influencing proenvironmental behaviors in water-sensitive urban design

The ongoing challenge of maintaining and improving the quality of water that leaves urban stormwater systems is often addressed using technical rather than social solutions. The need for investment in often expensive water infrastructure can be reduced through better investing in promoting human behaviors that protect water quality as part of water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) initiatives. Successfully achieving this requires understanding factors that influence adoption of proenvironmental behaviors. We review past studies examining this topic and identify that factors influencing adoption of proenvironmental behaviors relevant to WSUD commonly fall into four domains: proenvironmental values and norms, awareness and knowledge of environmental problems and the actions that can address them, proximity and place-based identity, and life-stage and lifestyle factors. We propose the VAIL (values, awareness, identify, lifestyle) framework, based on these four domains and able to be contextualized to specific water-quality problems and individual communities, to assist in diagnosing factors influencing adoption of proenvironmental behaviors. We demonstrate the applicability of the framework in a case study examining adoption of gardening practices that support water quality in Canberra, Australia. We developed 22 locally relevant VAIL indicators and surveyed 3,334 residents to understand engagement in four water-friendly gardening behaviors that help improve water quality in local lakes. In regression modeling, the indicators explained a significant amount of variance in these behaviors and suggested avenues for supporting greater adoption of these behaviors. Predictor variables across all four VAIL domains were significant, highlighting the importance of a multidomain framework.

Which are the sustainable attributes affecting the real consumption behaviour? Consumer understanding and choices

PurposeThis is an exploratory study on consumer information and behaviour towards green, health, local, social and environmental credentials on labels. It focusses on many dimensions of sustainability in the food products that affect consumer choices with a dual purpose: to identify and define “sustainable consumption” behaviour in broad sense and to investigate empirically the factors affecting the real consumption behaviours. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on consumers’ understanding, motivation and use of sustainable labelling in order to understand the role sustainability information plays in the food products market.Design/methodology/approachTwo focus groups in order to investigate consumer motivation and behaviour in-depth and to prepare the questionnaire. Identification of the outcomes that could summarize sustainable consumption combining: purchase of local products, consume only seasonal fruit, prefer products with recyclable packaging, attention to the fat content in foods, give importance to traceability and purchase products only in the place of origin. Identification of the “at risk” virtuous consumer, using a binary logistic regression approach, taking into account demographic characteristics, the food and nutrition value system, experience, knowledge, institutional factors and marketing.FindingsResults from the focus groups are mainly in line with the empirical analysis, highlighting the key role of education in influencing consumer attitude and behaviour. Consumers give little attention to information provided on the label for sustainable food consumption and environmental protection and have little knowledge of environmental problems. The virtuous consumer appears to give importance to a better food nutrition value system, to pay more attention to ingredients and instructions on the label, to be more attentive to environmental and sustainable attributes, to be concerned about product quality and to be slightly influenced by brands and special offers.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings from the empirical analysis confirm the results from focus groups even if it was not possible from the empirical analysis to investigate in-depth the marketing aspects concerning the food choice. This limit probably comes from the low number of observations. Further research will focus on these marketing aspects.Practical implicationsProducts with sustainable attributes can become a strategic variable and allow companies to gain a competitive advantage, especially for small- and medium-sized enterprises. This may encourage the development of new marketing channels based on the direct relationship between producer and the new consumer demand, increasingly sensitive to the food security issues.Social implicationsThere is a potential interest and sensitiveness to having sustainable behaviour in a broad sense, but there is a lack of knowledge about how to behave to be sustainable. In the absence of binding rules, it is necessary that government promote information and campaigns to generate greater awareness on sustainability, aiming at increasing knowledge to drive the consumer’s choices. This may lead to virtuous results in terms of reducing social costs related to an unhealthy diet, food waste and unsustainable consumption.Originality/valueThe results show that despite the appearance of attention to the environment and to healthy food which is associated with this emerging critical consumer in the literature, there remains the problem of the consumer giving little attention to information provided on the label for sustainable food consumption and environmental protection. This is the problem of “rules of thumb” in purchasing decisions that prevail in the following situations: when consumers have an overload of information that exceeds their processing limits; when they tend to base their decision making on heuristics, focussing their choices on brands as a proxy for high-quality, product-related characteristics.

Youths' perception and knowledge towards environmental problems in a developing country: in the case of Atatürk University, Turkey.

This study explores the perception and knowledge of environmental problems among students of Atatürk University, Turkey, as a developing country, by comparing their perceptions with known facts about environmental problems at local, national, and global levels. In addition, the correlation between the student groups and their knowledge levels and the differences between the student groups according to their knowledge levels when taking age and gender into account are explored. To this end, the research designed as a case study and pursued an exploratory approach revealed that major perceived environmental problems show differences at local, national, and global levels; that consensus on both major perceived problems and knowledge decreases from a local to global level; that a weak correlation exists between the age (r (205) = -.010; .002; -.071) and gender groups (r (205) = -.099; -.125; .065) in terms of their knowledge at local, national, and global level, respectively; and that the contribution of knowledge at a national level can help to explain differences among the age groups (-.304; .102; -.148) at national level and the gender groups (.131; -.205) at national and global levels.

Mass Media and Interpersonal Communication Development's Role in Households Behavior Electricity Conservation Issue

The research type of study quantitative to investigates the impact of media exposure and interpersonal communication about the save energy electricity save issue on the energy consumption for household in Indonesia. The main purpose of this research to examine media exposure and interpersonal communication on household behaviour to reduce the energy consumption. The focus of the research is Depok Municipality, Indonesia. The energy savings are not the norm among household in Indonesian society.The results confirmed that there was no relationship between the mass media exposure and household's behaviour to save electricity. The results of research finding that there was direct impact of interpersonal communication on household behaviour to save electricity. This is of particular interest in Depok, where save electricity has been seen almost exclusively in terms of technological measures, and these have been almost fully exploited. Behavioral save electricity would therefore seem to be the way to go, but lifestyle changes will not come easily to household in Depok. In turn, discussion of the save of electricity with a partner strongly influenced the household behaviour to save electricity in the future. Interpersonal communication had limited coverage, but they had a stronger impact than the mass media on an household's behavior to save electricity. Although mass media campaigns do not have as strong an impact on a particular household's behavior to save electricity as do interpersonal communication, such campaigns have a substantial impact at the population level because of their considerably greater reach. Currently, they are either unable to modify their save electricity lifestyles because of the low price of electricity, the lack of adequate their knowledge of environmental problems. To achieve any behavioral change, the price of electricity must be increased in the residential sector. Such an increase would be politically unpopular. The mass media content also pointed to a lack of information how to save lectricity available to the public. Also, a more identifiable link should be drawn between save electricity and the environment by, for example, increasing information dissemination in both the mass media and the interpersonal communication forums.

Investigating the Benefits of Participatory Action Research for Environmental Education

Environmental education (EE) continues to focus on enhancing people's ecological knowledge to encourage sustainable actions. This deficit approach presumes that once informed about environmental harms, people will work towards sustainable solutions for healthy societies. Yet research overwhelmingly demonstrates that knowledge of environmental problems is insufficient to spur pro-environmental behaviors. Traditional EE, therefore, has largely been unsuccessful at achieving its goals of engendering environmentally friendly practices and institutions. This article investigates the pedagogical efficacy of a participatory action research (PAR) project for enhancing environmental education in college courses. Qualitative evidence indicates that a PAR project incorporated into an Environmental Sociology course helped students understand how their everyday activities (in particular the consumption of bottled water) exacerbate poor human and environmental health, increased their environmental consciousness, and encouraged them to adopt pro-environmental behaviors and promote sustainability initiatives on campus. Based on these outcomes, the author recommends expanding educational policy to include a description of pedagogical methods such as PAR that successfully operationalize the goals of EE. Policy reforms should encourage educators to incorporate participatory, action-oriented learning opportunities that enable students to apply their knowledge to improve real-world environmental problems.

The influence of individual’s risk perception and attitudes on travel behavior

This study analyzes the effect of individuals’ risk perception of being involved in road crashes, awareness of the negative environmental effects of transportation, knowledge of environmental problems, fatalistic beliefs, attitudes toward various public transport (PT) features, and beliefs on their level of intention to shift from car to public transportation and walking. It attempts to examine the potential of transport policies to improve PT systems and the pedestrian road safety level by bettering traffic arrangements on the intention to shift from car to PT and walking. The study uses an integrated approach consisting of a descriptive analysis; a factor analysis to create attitudinal factors; and an intention model that is developed, based on a stated-preference survey, with attitudinal factors among the explanatory variables, in regard to the use of public transportation for commuting. The approach, set within a theoretical framework that is also developed, is applied to a case study of Arab cities in the Galilee region of northern Israel. The results support the hypothesis that perception of the risk of being involved in road crashes positively affects sustainable travel behavior, as expressed by the level of intention to use public transport; concern for and knowledge of environmental problems, in contrast, exerts no significant effect on the intention to shift to PT. The results showed that people have a higher intention to shift to public transport for work trips than for other purposes. Improving the PT system and the pedestrian road-safety level promote the intention to shift to PT, in particular for commute trips.

Content analysis of selected features of K‐8 environmental education research studies in Turkey, 1997–2007

This study aimed to analyze environmental education research (EER) in Turkey conducted in Grades K‐8 and published over the years 1997–2007. Due to the fact that there had been no systematic reviews of EER in Turkey prior to this time period, it was more appropriate to explore the implications of the results of this review for research policies and practices than for educational policies and practices in Grades K‐8. A substantial search of the international and national literature revealed 53 studies that fit the time frame and study characteristics. Three analyses of these studies were undertaken: (a) features of the research method; (b) socio‐demographic characteristics of the subjects; and (c) components of environmental literacy assessed. Three charts were constructed to support these analyses; e.g., one for each analysis. For analysis (a), quantitative surveys were the most common method. For analysis (b), greater attention was paid to the age, grade level, gender and residence of participating students. For analysis (c), greater attention was paid to knowledge of ecology and natural history, and knowledge of environmental problems and issues, less attention was paid to components of affect, and very little attention was paid to socio‐political‐economic knowledge, cognitive skills and environmentally responsible behavior.

Environmental Education Programs and their Impact on Dyslexic and Non-dyslexic Primary School Students’ Knowledge of Environmental Problems

Environmental Education Programs and their Impact on Dyslexic and Non-dyslexic Primary School Students’ Knowledge of Environmental Problems

A CLEAR DIVISION OF LABOR WITHIN ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY?

A Clear Division of Labor Within Environmental Philosophy? William M. Throop (bio) In discussions about the future of environmental philosophy, I have found myself supporting two positions that are in tension with one another. The first, which has been well explored in the last decade, is that environmental philosophy should have a more dramatic impact outside of academic circles. It should affect policy and guide the behavior of non-philosophers, which usually requires that it deeply engage the empirical details of problems it addresses. The second is that environmental philosophy needs to improve its status within the larger philosophical community, which requires its practitioners to use methods that dominate mainstream philosophy and to be conversant with contemporary work in ethical theory, epistemology, metaphysics, and continental philosophy. Some have argued that this tension places a double burden on those training to be environmental philosophers; they must demonstrate both theoretical and practical excellence. I fear that such a standard will limit [End Page 147] the growth of environmental philosophy. It will be daunting to new environmental philosophers and achieved by only a few. With respect to this tension, I suggest that environmental philosophy should support a robust division of labor. Many new environmental philosophers should be recruited from cohorts trained primarily in core areas of philosophy. Most of these thinkers will probably focus on highly theoretical issues—issues that anyone in the field would recognize as philosophical.Their knowledge of environmental problems may be superficial and their audience likely will consist primarily of other philosophers. Their impact beyond philosophy may be quite limited (except for their students). I come from this tradition, and I am still delighted by the purely intellectual puzzles that our field generates. Work of this sort should be honored, but our field will be sterile if it is dominated by this kind of thought. I hope that many other new environmental philosophers will be trained in interdisciplinary environmental graduate programs or "applied" philosophy Ph.D. programs where they will acquire the interdisciplinary expertise necessary to address practical problems and to effectively engage non-philosophical audiences. This group of "practical" environmental philosophers should also include a host of practitioners in other fields who contribute to philosophical dialogue. I suspect that much work in this area will be case-based, empirically sophisticated and, where it addresses non-philosophical audiences, more reliant on compelling metaphors than on tight arguments. I doubt that it is fruitful to view this group as applying the work of the former group. The aims, the sources of insight and the standards of quality for the two groups are categorically different. For practical philosophers, the political feasibility of a proposal matters, and the arguments must have the capacity to move relevant stakeholders. The results of this work may appear to be philosophy-lite to those in the first group, but only if judged by standards that are inappropriate if we accept a division of labor in the field. This division of labor cannot be an apartheid. Many promising innovations in environmental philosophy will come from the interface between these groups. And unfortunately, a good bit of questionable work done in each group may result from a failure to understand progress that has been made by the other group. For example, philosophers focused only on theory may draw implications for action that fail to accord with current empirical information. Practical philosophers may [End Page 148] critique simplified metaethical positions that have long been abandoned in favor of more sophisticated versions. A healthy dialogue and a mutual respect should diminish these dangers. Such a division of labor has significant implications for graduate education, hiring and evaluation of faculty, and allocation of prestige within the field. The health and growth of environmental philosophy will depend on part on how we address these implications. William M. Throop Bill Throop is provost and professor of philosophy at Green Mountain College, an environmental liberal arts college in Poultney, VT. His background is in epistemology and philosophy of science, but in the last decade his work has focused on conceptual and ethical issues in ecological restoration and wilderness preservation. E-mail: throopw@greenmtn.edu Copyright © 2007 Indiana University Press

Do natural science experiments influence public attitudes towards environmental problems?

We investigated the significance of risk assessment studies in the public discussion on CO 2 emissions. Politicians and representatives from the public where interviewed by using the social-science technique of qualitative in-depth interviews. Three different types of attitudes towards natural science were found among politicians. Depending on which attitude a politician holds, risk assessment studies can have an impact on his/her readiness to support environmental policy measures. Regarding lay people, key factors affecting the acceptance of environmental policy measures are knowledge of environmental problems, their impacts on ecosystems or human health as well as direct personal perception of those impacts. Since direct perception is not always possible in everyday life, natural science experiments might be a means for successfully mediating this lacking perception.

Securing the Future - in Partnership with the Environment

Abstract Environmental Management Systems are becoming increasingly important for continued exploration and field development worldwide. The new ISO 14000 EMS series will have a major impact on the competitiveness of the international oil and gas exploration and production industry, including the whole associated service sector. In clarifying the origins of the comparative strategies this paper will provide an understanding of existing national EMS. This will create an international perspective on the management approach needed to ensure that partnership with ISO 14000 will facilitate environmentally sustainable development. Introduction International environmental standards are currently being developed that will direct companies how to manage, measure, improve and communicate the environmental aspects of their operations in a systematic way. The standards will influence the design and manufacture of products, selection of raw materials, marketing, the type of environmental data that is gathered and how those data are communicated internally to governments and the public. Failure to conform to standards adopted in this area could severely restrict trade. Companies who do business internationally will be required to manage their operations in an environmentally responsible fashion. The Ecological Era The watershed event was the United Nations Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in June 1972. This summed up the awakened global conscience and marked the beginning of a truly ecological era. The conference produced a Declaration of twenty-four principles, and an action plan. The Declaration has had a major influence, being the first general text of international environmental law. Since that time, international organisations and the European Community have developed environmental programmes and authoritative standard enactments based on the notably creative work at Stockholm. During the past decade, international legal involvement has intensified with deepening awareness and knowledge of environmental problems. Some of the most significant concerns, such as climate change, depletion of the ozone layer, and diminishment of biological diversity, have been recognised as planetary issues. In 1983, the United Nations took the initiative with regard to global problems by establishing the Brundtland Commission and then publishing its report on critical environmental and development issues. Subsequently, for the twentieth anniversary of the Stockholm Conference, the United Nations convened a global Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, from 3 to 14 June 1992. The "Earth Summit" This Conference brought together representatives from 179 governments to focus on the issue of environmentally ‘sustainable development’. At the completion of the Conference, five major texts were issued (1) Agenda 21, (2) Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, (3) Framework Convention on Climate Change, (4) Convention on Biological Diversity, and (5) Non-binding Statement of Principles on Forests. The treaties and other documents of the Earth Summit primarily constituted an encouragement for further action, reflecting a global solidarity in the face of planetary environmental problems. This meeting marked a definitive fusion between environmental protection and the sustainable development of countries. The above texts emphasised the essential role and participation of non-governmental organisations in environmental protection. Agenda 21 - a call for action. Two key messages from the Earth Summit were (1) the interdependence between development and the environment, and (2) the need for partnership between different nations and sectors of society to tackle these complex issues. Implicit in these activities, was that a fundamental shift will be required in the way we do business.

Highlights I. Global Environmental Governance, II. Climate Change and International Burden Sharing, III. Food Supplies and Global Warming

I. While our knowledge of environmental problems has grown immensely in the last few decades our ability to take rational and effective decisions and implement them has not kept pace with our accumulated information. II. A major contribution to the discussions concerning the carbon dioxide problem and its effects on our environment. III. The possible impact of climate warming is starvation and malnutrition in many parts of the world.

Physical Geography and Environmental Problems: Relevance in a Course Content and Structure

Abstract This paper explores the concept of relevancy in the context of an introductory physical geography course. The concern is with a relevant content and structure. Both are introduced through a problem-orientation. Current societal problems related to the physical environment are used to introduce students to conditions and processes involving environmental elements such as atmosphere, water, soil, vegetation, and topography. Because they are societal problems, the additional element, man, is included. The structure assumes a priori that the student has some prior knowledge of environmental problems. With a relatively high level of individual involvement, the student is asked to utilize this knowledge in learning about environmental processes and physical geographic concepts. Feedback from student to instructors is maximized through greater reliance on discussion groups, exercises, papers, and a problem-solving examination. In transmitting subject matter and environmental problems information, greate...