Ecological Footprint Reduction Behaviors of Individuals in Turkey in the Context of Ecological Sustainability
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Tarih
2023
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
While people consume natural resources by interacting with the environment, they also cause some environmental changes. Environmental pollution and construction are among the most important reasons for these changes. In addition, the rate of renewal of natural resources remains slow while consumption is increasing. Thus, biocapacity is slow to renew itself compared to consumption, leading to the emergence of an ecological deficit. The largest share in the ecological deficit belongs to personal consumption. Based on this, the attitudes and behavior of individuals in Turkey to reduce their ecological footprint were examined in the context of ecological sustainability. The survey model was adopted in the study. The data collected from 773 people via the scale and various forms were analyzed. The results of the analysis show that the ecological footprint size in Turkey is above the world average in personal consumption. It has been determined that the participants have significant behavioral deficiencies in the behaviors towards reducing the ecological footprint, such as recycling, reusing the product by repairing, composting, not wasting water, food and clothing, and they tend to use packaged products excessively.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
biocapacity, ecology, ecological footprint, ecological sustainability, ecological deficit, ecological poverty
Kaynak
Sustainability
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Q2
Scopus Q Değeri
Q1
Cilt
15
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1
