2019
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1358/1/012031
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Public Perception to Littering in Greenspaces: A Case Study in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia

Abstract: Greenspaces are central to the success of cities. However, what is normally found while walking in local parks or greenspaces are empty cans, bottles, food wrappers and other litters that ruin the aesthetic beauty of the site. Increase in the number of visitors visiting parks in Malaysia has resulted in a growing littering problem. Some parks even received numerous complaints regarding litter. In order to understand the problem of littering in parks, a study was conducted with the objective of identifying fact… Show more

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“…Sociodemographic parameters, encompassing gender, age, religiosity, and education, have been correlated with littering tendencies. Notably, youth, males, individuals with greater religiosity, lower education, and reduced income exhibit a higher propensity for littering [1,3,11,[30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. Psychological factors, such as awareness, attitudes and beliefs, willingness to act, self-responsibility, and locus of control and norms, have been examined in several studies on environmental behavior.…”
Section: Personal Factors Contributing To Litteringmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Sociodemographic parameters, encompassing gender, age, religiosity, and education, have been correlated with littering tendencies. Notably, youth, males, individuals with greater religiosity, lower education, and reduced income exhibit a higher propensity for littering [1,3,11,[30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. Psychological factors, such as awareness, attitudes and beliefs, willingness to act, self-responsibility, and locus of control and norms, have been examined in several studies on environmental behavior.…”
Section: Personal Factors Contributing To Litteringmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Psychological factors, such as awareness, attitudes and beliefs, willingness to act, self-responsibility, and locus of control and norms, have been examined in several studies on environmental behavior. Some suggest that attitudes are a significant factor affecting littering behavior in the public domain [30,37]. Stronger positions against littering and in favor of maintaining cleanliness were correlated with lower declared littering behavior.…”
Section: Personal Factors Contributing To Litteringmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The majority of the complaints around aesthetically degraded sites relate to water quality and perceptible pollution, in particular water odor, color, clarity, litter, sheens, and foam [10,20,21]. For green spaces, the focus is often on litter, trail maintenance, and perceived naturalness of the space [22][23][24].…”
Section: List Of Buismentioning
confidence: 99%