Environmental Attitude of the Inhabitants of Nijandaris in the Conservation of Natural Resources - Peru

Abstract

The environmental attitude is a psychological tendency expressed by the evaluative (perceptions or beliefs) response towards the environment and natural resources flora, fauna, water, soil and air are naturally valuable products for development and continuity towards sustainability; relating both concepts in the Nijandaris population is the main objective of this research. Methodology: a probabilistic sampling was carried out at an age of [30 - 60 years] = 50 people respondents, questionnaire of 20 questions each; validated by the Rensis Likert scale 3 levels each, applying the Karl Pearson relationship coefficient and bilateral t-student. Conclusions: The environmental attitude of the inhabitants of Nijandaris is between bad to regular, likewise their conservative attitude towards natural resources ensures that they always do so. The relationship between environmental attitude and conservation turned out to be positive and significant. Regarding their dimensions, the association between affective attitude and conserving flora and fauna obtained r=0.38 positive median t=2.88; the correlation between cognitive attitude and conserving water and soil obtained an r=0.42 positive median t=3.21, and the relationship between conative attitude and conserved air has a considerable positive r=0.62 t=5.47. Therefore, we affirm that there is an environmental attitudinal concern towards the conservation of the natural resources of the adult population [30-60 years] in the Nijandaris Populated Center.

Knowledge, Attitude and Eco-Efficiency Urban Environment in the Inhabitants of the District of Chilca – Peru

“…The accelerated development of urbanization has had a dramatic impact on the ecological environment (Fang & Wang, 2013;Liu et al, 2012;Yin et al, 2014); causing inhabitants to use significant amounts of environmental resources through the production, processing, and factory of goods (Huang et al, 2018;Li et al, 2010;Zhang & Yang, 2007), causing damage to air and soil, biological diversity, and an increase to climate change (Bai et al, 2018;Bohne et al, 2008;Zheng, 2010); constituting an empirical relationship in economic activities between environmental costs and environmental impact (Fang & Wang, 2013;Fernández Viñé et al, 2010), who conceptualizes ecoefficiency (Glauser & Müller, 1997;Huppes & Ishikawa, 2008;Lloclla & Arbulú, 2014). The ecoefficiency of cities based on their natural resources can vary according to the number of inhabitants (Caiado et al, 2017;Fernández et al, 2021;Huang et al, 2018), this is fundamental to achieve environmental sustainability goals (Basuki, 2015;Caiado et al, 2017;Frischknecht, 2010;Leal, 2005), i.e., it aims to ensure decent and equitable welfare for all people (Arévalo & Cueva, 2019;Diaz, 2019;Hoffrén, 2001) and, at the same time, reduce environmental degradation to a level that is sustainable (Austermühle, 2012;Basuki, 2015;Caiado et al, 2017;Fernández et al, 2021;Frischknecht, 2010).…”

“…Eco-efficiency has a positive impact (Diaz, 2019;Fang & Wang, 2013;Huang et al, 2018;Ruelas Llerena, 2017;Yin et al, 2014), in saving resources such as energy and water, as well as proper solid waste management (Diaz, 2019;Fernández et al, 2021;Zhang & Yang, 2007), being extremely important for the future (Glauser & Müller, 1997;Hoffrén, 2001;Huppes & Ishikawa, 2008;Leal, 2005;Montes, 2008;Zhang & Yang, 2007) so, not only can reflect the relationship between economy, environment and resources (Austermühle, 2012;Basuki, 2015;Caiado et al, 2017;Frischknecht, 2010), but can also comprehensively assess the degree of harmony in each field of resources, knowledge and an environmental attitude (Bleischwitz, 2003;Condori, 2016;Czibere et al, 2020;Fernández et al, 2021;Yin et al, 2014). Knowledge is important to determine environmental issues oriented to air, soil (Barreiro et al, 2002;Sonja et al, 2018), biodiversity and climate change problems (Barreiro et al, 2002;Berenguer, 1998;Chuliá, 1995;Holahan, 2012), who does not exclude eco-efficiency; an environmental knowledge and attitude are limited to aspects of environmental problems (Arteaga et al, 2019;Booi Chen & Teck Chai, 2010;Holahan, 2012;Parillo et al, 2019;Portal, 2018;Sonja et al, 2018).…”

“…There is much theoretical information that affirms and considers important to know how attitude and knowledge can be mutually related so that urban development in many places is ecoefficient and sustainable (Fang & Wang, 2013;Huang et al, 2018;Zheng, 2010), considering the individual personal perception of each person limiting the eco-environmental resources of her (Czibere et al, 2020;Fernández et al, 2021;Liu et al, 2012). Therefore, understanding eco-efficiency, knowledge and urban environmental attitude is an effective way of knowing if there is a sustainable environmental-urban development (Bleischwitz, 2003;Czibere et al, 2020;Fang & Wang, 2013;Huang et al, 2018;Zhang & Yang, 2007).…”