doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2018.9.11.1128
Exploring Pro-environmental Behaviors among Thai People in Bangkok Metropolitan Region
- 1the King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology
- 2the Management Science Department, Phranakhon
Abstract
This paper focuses on the analysis of level ofknowledge, awareness, and attitudes towardspro-environmental behaviors among people in BangkokMetropolitan region. The sample study comprises of 326respondents from 6 provinces in Thailand who had 15 years oldand above which questionnaires were used as instrument ofsurvey. The results of Pearson Correlation showed a significantrelationship between awareness and attitude onpro-environmental behaviors among respondents. However,environment knowledge was not statistically significantcorrelated with other variables. Further analysis, MultipleRegression Analysis reveals a significant positive associationbetween the respondents’ pro-environmental behaviors and thetwo determinant factors i.e. attitudes and awareness. This studycontributes to the literature by explaining the links betweenenvironmental awareness, attitudes, knowledge and realpro-environmental behaviors and defines the strength anddirection among these variables. The findings generated fromthe study could help environmental management planners toestablish policies and standards in order to encouragesustainable development.
Keywords
- Awareness
- behavior
- environment
- knowledge
- sustainable
How to Cite
W. Atthirawong and W. Panprung, "Exploring Pro-environmental Behaviors among Thai People in Bangkok Metropolitan Region," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 349-352, 2018. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijesd.2018.9.11.1128
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Copyright © 2018 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).
