Original scientific paper
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION IN THE CONTEXT OF CONFLICT OF ACTORS
Ivan Cifrić
; Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb
Abstract
The article discloses the results of the empirical research, made on the sample population of 547 students of Rijeka and Zagreb Universities in 1992, on the perception of forms of realizing environment protection. The perception of actors, conditions and instruments of environment protection have been studied as well.
The research has been based on the polling. The instrument has consisted of 14 statements with joined Likert type scale.
The examined persons are of the opinion that, in solving of the problems of environmental protection, the environmental policy would have to rely on the developed conscience of the citizens regarding the facts that the pollution makers should meet the expenses of the protection as well as of clearing the consequences of eventual pollution and that the laws should establish severe punishments for the pollution makers. The statements of the kind: the protection is the problem of the state, it would have to be solved by political means, seem to be the least acceptable ones.
The factor analysis with the component model has defined the existence of two interpretable factors explaining 40% of total variance: „High standard policy of preventive sanctioning“ and „political decision making in the situation of rapid technological development“.
The comparison of the results of this research work with the previous research work (1988) has discovered that the reasoning of the student group has not changed. It could mean that there do exist certain constant criteria of evaluating the role of actors, conditions and instruments in environmental protection.
Keywords
ecology; environmental conflicts; actors in environmental protection; environmental protection; environmental policy; sustainable development
Hrčak ID:
138896
URI
Publication date:
15.10.1992.
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