Citizen’s Perception on Eco-friendly Lifestyle for Conserving Endangered Oriental White Stork and Crested Ibis Bird Species in Japan – Case Studies in Toyoka, Sado and Konosu Cities
This study aims to find out the relationship between an eco-friendly lifestyle and the attitude towards conservation of endangered Oriental White Stork and Japanese Crested Ibis bird species in Toyooka, Sado, and Konosu cities in Japan. Citizens were surveyed to assess their willing...
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| author | Hideo Kawashima Kiyotaka Fukahori Mahfuza Parveen Garu Muni Wathsala Lakpriya Gunawardena Takashi Asaeda |
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| description | This study aims to find out the relationship between an eco-friendly lifestyle and the attitude towards conservation of endangered Oriental White Stork and Japanese Crested Ibis bird species in Toyooka, Sado, and Konosu cities in Japan. Citizens were surveyed to assess their willingness to spend an eco-friendly lifestyle to protect the above-mentioned endangered bird species through questionnaire surveys. Ecological Mind Evaluation Scale (EM Evaluation scale) developed by Tanaka and Joh (2012) based on Hirose model and Bandura’s research on Self Efficacy was applied in this research. This Ecological Mind Evaluation Scale includes 10 factors and it was applied to develop the questionnaire survey. The factor analysis was undertaken based on 4 groups of questionnaire results; environmental awareness, attitude towards environmental conservation, environmental consciousness and self-efficacy.Factor analysis was performed using the varimax method and sample data set comprised 686 valid responses from the three study sites. The KMO values were over 0.80 indicating the sampling was adequate. According to the factor analysis Sado city scored high forenvironmental awareness and environment consciousness. Toyooka city scored high on self-efficacy and environmental consciousness. Konosu city was compared with the Toyooka and Sado cities, where more advanced habitat conservation activities are already implemented. Findings displayed that the citizens in Konosu city had low awareness about these birdconservation activities, however, they are willing to contribute in such activities in the future. Thus, this study demonstrated that by engaging in environmentally friendly lifestyles, the citizens can contribute to habitat conservation of endangered bird species. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89a6b2e443354985a7316b0e05dc058c2023-09-21T06:16:30ZengUniversiti Teknologi MalaysiaInternational Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability2289-89482023-08-0110311310.11113/ijbes.v10.n3.1119Citizen’s Perception on Eco-friendly Lifestyle for Conserving Endangered Oriental White Stork and Crested Ibis Bird Species in Japan – Case Studies in Toyoka, Sado and Konosu CitiesHideo Kawashima0Kiyotaka Fukahori1Mahfuza Parveen2Garu Muni Wathsala Lakpriya Gunawardena3Takashi Asaeda4Environmental Conservation Group in Konosu (Non-profit organization), JapanGraduate school of Saitama University, Japan Daffodil International University, BangladeshDepartment of Town and Country Planning, University of Moratuwa, Sri LankaSaitama University, JapanThis study aims to find out the relationship between an eco-friendly lifestyle and the attitude towards conservation of endangered Oriental White Stork and Japanese Crested Ibis bird species in Toyooka, Sado, and Konosu cities in Japan. Citizens were surveyed to assess their willingness to spend an eco-friendly lifestyle to protect the above-mentioned endangered bird species through questionnaire surveys. Ecological Mind Evaluation Scale (EM Evaluation scale) developed by Tanaka and Joh (2012) based on Hirose model and Bandura’s research on Self Efficacy was applied in this research. This Ecological Mind Evaluation Scale includes 10 factors and it was applied to develop the questionnaire survey. The factor analysis was undertaken based on 4 groups of questionnaire results; environmental awareness, attitude towards environmental conservation, environmental consciousness and self-efficacy.Factor analysis was performed using the varimax method and sample data set comprised 686 valid responses from the three study sites. The KMO values were over 0.80 indicating the sampling was adequate. According to the factor analysis Sado city scored high forenvironmental awareness and environment consciousness. Toyooka city scored high on self-efficacy and environmental consciousness. Konosu city was compared with the Toyooka and Sado cities, where more advanced habitat conservation activities are already implemented. Findings displayed that the citizens in Konosu city had low awareness about these birdconservation activities, however, they are willing to contribute in such activities in the future. Thus, this study demonstrated that by engaging in environmentally friendly lifestyles, the citizens can contribute to habitat conservation of endangered bird species.https://ijbes.utm.my/index.php/ijbes/article/view/1119/303oriental white storkjapanese crested ibishabitat preservationecological mind evaluationfactor analysi |
| spellingShingle | Hideo Kawashima Kiyotaka Fukahori Mahfuza Parveen Garu Muni Wathsala Lakpriya Gunawardena Takashi Asaeda Citizen’s Perception on Eco-friendly Lifestyle for Conserving Endangered Oriental White Stork and Crested Ibis Bird Species in Japan – Case Studies in Toyoka, Sado and Konosu Cities International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability oriental white stork japanese crested ibis habitat preservation ecological mind evaluation factor analysi |
| title | Citizen’s Perception on Eco-friendly Lifestyle for Conserving Endangered Oriental White Stork and Crested Ibis Bird Species in Japan – Case Studies in Toyoka, Sado and Konosu Cities |
| title_full | Citizen’s Perception on Eco-friendly Lifestyle for Conserving Endangered Oriental White Stork and Crested Ibis Bird Species in Japan – Case Studies in Toyoka, Sado and Konosu Cities |
| title_fullStr | Citizen’s Perception on Eco-friendly Lifestyle for Conserving Endangered Oriental White Stork and Crested Ibis Bird Species in Japan – Case Studies in Toyoka, Sado and Konosu Cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Citizen’s Perception on Eco-friendly Lifestyle for Conserving Endangered Oriental White Stork and Crested Ibis Bird Species in Japan – Case Studies in Toyoka, Sado and Konosu Cities |
| title_short | Citizen’s Perception on Eco-friendly Lifestyle for Conserving Endangered Oriental White Stork and Crested Ibis Bird Species in Japan – Case Studies in Toyoka, Sado and Konosu Cities |
| title_sort | citizen s perception on eco friendly lifestyle for conserving endangered oriental white stork and crested ibis bird species in japan case studies in toyoka sado and konosu cities |
| topic | oriental white stork japanese crested ibis habitat preservation ecological mind evaluation factor analysi |
| url | https://ijbes.utm.my/index.php/ijbes/article/view/1119/303 |
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