A survey of awareness and behaviour in regard to environmental issues among Selçuk University students in Konya, Turkey

dc.contributor.authorÖnder S.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T17:05:04Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T17:05:04Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine students' awareness environmental issues and problems and their behaviour towards the environment at Selçuk University, Turkey. For this purpose, an instrument of 18 items were designed and tested on a sample of 375 students from 12 faculties of the university. As the result of the survey; global warming (27.74%) is seen as the most important environmental problem in the world, while depletion of natural resources (25.33%) and mistaken of urbanization (28.00%) were mentioned as the most important environmental problems in Turkey and in Konya, respectively. The students mostly agreed on (47.47%) the education of the people as the most appropriate and imminent solution that can be taken against the problems while printers and electronic media is regarded as the most intriguing equipment (73.73%) that boosts people's awareness. It is also determined that students are concerned about the environmental issues and present positive behaviour towards them. Only 8.53% of the students, participated in the survey, regularly follow the publications about the environment, while just 7.73% of students are holding a membership to an environmental organization. © 2006 Asian Network for Scientific Information.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3923/jas.2006.347.352en_US
dc.identifier.endpage352en_US
dc.identifier.issn1812-5654en_US
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage347en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3923/jas.2006.347.352
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/20830
dc.identifier.volume6en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Applied Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectAwarenessen_US
dc.subjectBehaviouren_US
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_US
dc.subjectStudenten_US
dc.subjectUniversityen_US
dc.titleA survey of awareness and behaviour in regard to environmental issues among Selçuk University students in Konya, Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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