Adana İlindeki Bireylerin Çevre Konusundaki Tutumları ve Bireysel Davranışları

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Adana ili kentsel alanda yaşayan bireylerin çevre konusundaki tutum ve davranışlarının ölçülerek, çevrenin korunması amacıyla yapılacak düzenlemeler, oluşturulacak politikalar ve planlanacak olan eğitimlere veri oluşturmak ve katkı sağlamaktır. Bu amaçla Adana ilinde yaşayan bireylerle yüz yüze anket çalışması yapılmıştır. Bireylerin çevre sorunlarına sebep olabilecek uygulamalar konusunda bilgi sahibi oldukları görülmektedir. Ancak çevre konusundaki davranışlarının düzenli olmadığı ve belirli uygulamaları zaman zaman yaptıkları görülmektedir. Geri dönüştürülmüş materyalden üretilmiş paketli ürün satın almayı çok tercih etmedikleri belirlenmiştir. Bireylerin cinsiyet, yaş ve eğitim değişkenlerine göre çevresel tutum, davranış ve çevre sorunlarının kaynakları arasında da farklılıklar olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bütün bu sonuçlar dikkate alındığında, gelecek nesillere daha yaşanabilir bir çevre bırakmak için, bireylerin çevre konusunda bilinçlendirilmesi, çevre korumaya yönelik davranışlarının kalıcı hale getirilmesi açısından hükümetlerin etkin politikalar üretmesi ve çevre konusunda farkındalığın artırılması için her seviyede eğitim programlarına ağırlık verilmelidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• çevresel tutum
• bireysel davranış
• çevre sorunlarının kaynakları
• çevresel farkındalık

Attitudes and Behaviors of People about Environment in Adana Province, Turkey

Öz

The aim of this study is to measure the attitudes and behaviors of individuals living in the urban area of Adana province in order to create data and to contribute in the regulations to be made for the protection of the environment, to establish the relevant policies and to plan the necessary trainings. For this purpose, a face-to-face survey was conducted with individuals living in Adana. It is seen that individuals have knowledge about practices that may cause environmental problems. However, it is seen that their behaviors with respect to the environment are not regular and they act in a particular manner from time to time. It has been determined that they do not prefer to buy packaged products made of recycled materials. It has been determined that there are differences between the environmental attitudes, behaviors and sources of environmental problems according to the gender, age and education variables of the individuals. Considering all these results, in order to hand down a more livable environment for the next generations, education programs at all levels should be emphasized in order to raise awareness of the environment, to encourage governments to produce effective policies in order to raise awareness of individuals about the environment and to make their behaviors towards environmental protection permanent.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Environmental attitude
• individual behavior
• source of environmental problems
• environmental awareness

Kaynakça

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