TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental attitudes on Setiu Wetlands, Malaysia
AU - Hassan, Suziana Binti
AU - Olsen, Søren Bøye
AU - Afandi, Syamsul Herman Mohammad
AU - Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.21834/ajqol.v3i11.122
DO - 10.21834/ajqol.v3i11.122
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2398-4279
VL - 3
SP - 59
EP - 69
JO - Asian Journal of Quality of Life
JF - Asian Journal of Quality of Life
IS - 11
ER -