Ecological Footprint Reduction Behaviors of Individuals in Turkey in the Context of Ecological Sustainability

dc.contributor.authorUnal, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorUnal, Fatma
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-29T16:08:15Z
dc.date.available2024-09-29T16:08:15Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentKarabük Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractWhile 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.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su15010063
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85145945261en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su15010063
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/7429
dc.identifier.volume15en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000908722800001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMdpien_US
dc.relation.ispartofSustainabilityen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectbiocapacityen_US
dc.subjectecologyen_US
dc.subjectecological footprinten_US
dc.subjectecological sustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectecological deficiten_US
dc.subjectecological povertyen_US
dc.titleEcological Footprint Reduction Behaviors of Individuals in Turkey in the Context of Ecological Sustainabilityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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