Open AccessCausality of environmental concerns, attachment to place, risk perception, and preventive behaviors in environmentally sensitive areas of Taipei, Taiwan
Author(s) -
Y. J. Lee
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/344/1/012026
Subject(s) - structural equation modeling , stratified sampling , perception , risk perception , threatened species , causality (physics) , geography , socioeconomics , environmental health , environmental planning , environmental resource management , ecological footprint , psychology , sustainable development , environmental science , ecology , medicine , sociology , computer science , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , habitat , biology , machine learning
Taiwan is frequently threatened by the environmental, social and economic pressures brought about by climate change. Due to distinct synthesized vulnerabilities, coupled with the impact of the ecological footprint, cities in Taiwan obtain different environmentally sensitive areas. This investigation adopts the Structure Equation Model (SEM) to compare the causality of residents’ environmental attitudes, attachment to place, risk perception, and preventive behaviors in an environmentally sensitive district (Wanhua District) and an environmentally insensitive district (Zhongshan District) of Taipei. Questionnaires, from a stratified random sampling survey, covering these four scopes were carried out in Taipei and 600 successful questionnaires were gathered. It is found out that residents in these two districts do not concern much with the history of disasters in their districts and are unable to gain knowledge regarding how to deal with the challenges of future disasters. Furthermore, attachment to place has no obvious impacts on environmental concerns, risk perception and preventive behaviors of residents in the two environmental risk areas of Taipei.