Environmental Knowledge, Ecosystem and Attitude Toward Environmentally Friendly Behavior for Coastal Community
Salma Samputri 1 * , Dian Safitri 2
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1 Universitas Negeri Makassar, INDONESIA2 Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar, INDONESIA* Corresponding Author

Abstract

This research was a survey research by using quantitative approach, where the instrument was environmental acquaintance test and questionnaire. The research was conducted in coastal area in Makassar such as: Biringkanaya district (Untia urban village), Tamalate district (Barombong urban village), Ujung Tanah district (Cambayya urban village). The population of this research was the coastal communities in Makassar who work as fishermen for generations. The result indicated that there were influences between environmental knowledge, knowledge about ecosystem, knowledge about pollution and environmental attitude with environmentally friendly behavior. The sample of this research was 150 head of households. The result showed that the environmental knowledge of coastal community in Makassar was in medium category. Knowledge about pollution was categorized as medium, environmentally friendly behavior was in medium category and so does environementally friendly behavior were in medium category.

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Article Type: Research Article

AQUADEMIA, 2020, Volume 4, Issue 2, Article No: ep20027

https://doi.org/10.29333/aquademia/8580

Publication date: 07 Oct 2020

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