Environmental attitudes on Setiu Wetlands, Malaysia

This study addresses the attitudes of the urban and rural dwellers towards Setiu Wetlands conservation. The New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale is adopted to measure the degree of environmental concern. A series of factor analysis and regression is applied to analyze the urban-rural attitudes and to...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Suziana, Olsen, Soren B., Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman, Thorsen, Bo J.
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Language:English
Published: e-International Publishing House 2018
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https://ajqol.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajqol/article/view/122
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spelling my.upm.eprints.725972020-11-06T14:28:16Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72597/ Environmental attitudes on Setiu Wetlands, Malaysia Hassan, Suziana Olsen, Soren B. Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman Thorsen, Bo J. This study addresses the attitudes of the urban and rural dwellers towards Setiu Wetlands conservation. The New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale is adopted to measure the degree of environmental concern. A series of factor analysis and regression is applied to analyze the urban-rural attitudes and to suggest three factors structure of attitudes to wetland conservation. The urban-rural residential variable is able to predict in part the overall NEP scores and element of anti-anthropocentrism which suggesting the urban communities are more positive towards wetland conservation. Hence, further outreach efforts in rural population are worthwhile to raise conservation awareness. e-International Publishing House 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72597/1/Environmental%20attitudes%20on%20Setiu%20Wetlands%20Malaysia.pdf Hassan, Suziana and Olsen, Soren B. and Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman and Thorsen, Bo J. (2018) Environmental attitudes on Setiu Wetlands, Malaysia. Asian Journal of Quality of Life, 3 (11). 59 - 69. ISSN 2398-4279 https://ajqol.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajqol/article/view/122 10.21834/ajqol.v3i11.122
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description This study addresses the attitudes of the urban and rural dwellers towards Setiu Wetlands conservation. The New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale is adopted to measure the degree of environmental concern. A series of factor analysis and regression is applied to analyze the urban-rural attitudes and to suggest three factors structure of attitudes to wetland conservation. The urban-rural residential variable is able to predict in part the overall NEP scores and element of anti-anthropocentrism which suggesting the urban communities are more positive towards wetland conservation. Hence, further outreach efforts in rural population are worthwhile to raise conservation awareness.
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author Hassan, Suziana
Olsen, Soren B.
Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman
Thorsen, Bo J.
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Olsen, Soren B.
Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman
Thorsen, Bo J.
Environmental attitudes on Setiu Wetlands, Malaysia
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Olsen, Soren B.
Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman
Thorsen, Bo J.
author_sort Hassan, Suziana
title Environmental attitudes on Setiu Wetlands, Malaysia
title_short Environmental attitudes on Setiu Wetlands, Malaysia
title_full Environmental attitudes on Setiu Wetlands, Malaysia
title_fullStr Environmental attitudes on Setiu Wetlands, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Environmental attitudes on Setiu Wetlands, Malaysia
title_sort environmental attitudes on setiu wetlands, malaysia
publisher e-International Publishing House
publishDate 2018
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72597/1/Environmental%20attitudes%20on%20Setiu%20Wetlands%20Malaysia.pdf
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https://ajqol.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajqol/article/view/122
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