Measuring Environmental Awareness in Nineteen States in India
Journal Title: Universal Journal of Environmental Research and Technology - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
In order to improve environmental awareness, it is important to understand the current situation: what is the level of environmental awareness today and which factors affect it. When studying or improving the level of environmental awareness, the basic problem is the lack of a universal method for measuring and comparing environmental awareness. This pilot study aims at tackling this challenge. A modern easy-to-use internet-based tool was developed to measure environmental awareness in different countries/states. As a case study, the levels of environmental awareness was measured and compared in 19 states in India. Moreover, opinions on the state of the environment in different states of India were compared. As a result, both the state of the environment in different states of India and the environmental awareness were found to vary remarkably within India. The results showed that the best perceived state of the environment was found in the Far Eastern states, the Northern states and Kerala. The best levels of environmental awareness were found in Maharashtra, Far East states and West Bengal. Most room for development for both the states of the environment and for the environmental awareness was found in Uttar Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand. We can conclude that the methodology developed in this pilot study can be well applied to national and international comparisons of the levels of environmental awareness even globally.
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P. Harju-Autti
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