TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge related to climate change and willingness to act for adaptation and mitigation practices in rural Nepal
AU - Banstola, Amrit
AU - Chhetri, Muni
AU - Schneider, Rose
AU - Stebbing, Margaret Susanne
AU - Banstola, Ashik
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This descriptive analysis sought to test Leiserowitz 2007 findings. Leiserowitz 2007 findings
claimed that until people gained a general understanding of climate change or it was commonly
discussed as a part of everyday discourse, people would perceive lesser risk and would be less
willing to follow mitigation and adaptation measures. A cross-sectional study using a semistructured
questionnaire was conducted among 206 randomly selected respondents in ward
number one, eight, and nine of Sardikhola village development committee of Kaski district
between September and December 2012. The level of knowledge ranged between a high of 41
and a low of 12 with 47 possessing moderate knowledge of climate change. On the basis of
this range of knowledge of climate change, 38 of respondents indicated they were more willing
to adopt mitigation and adaptation actions. This study found that people of Sardikhola who were
aware of the term climate change have moderate knowledge about climate change, responded
that they were less willing to adopt mitigation actions.
AB - This descriptive analysis sought to test Leiserowitz 2007 findings. Leiserowitz 2007 findings
claimed that until people gained a general understanding of climate change or it was commonly
discussed as a part of everyday discourse, people would perceive lesser risk and would be less
willing to follow mitigation and adaptation measures. A cross-sectional study using a semistructured
questionnaire was conducted among 206 randomly selected respondents in ward
number one, eight, and nine of Sardikhola village development committee of Kaski district
between September and December 2012. The level of knowledge ranged between a high of 41
and a low of 12 with 47 possessing moderate knowledge of climate change. On the basis of
this range of knowledge of climate change, 38 of respondents indicated they were more willing
to adopt mitigation and adaptation actions. This study found that people of Sardikhola who were
aware of the term climate change have moderate knowledge about climate change, responded
that they were less willing to adopt mitigation actions.
UR - http://www.vpha.org.vn/attachments/807_22-32_Knowledge%20related%20to%20climate%20change.pdf
M3 - Article
SN - 1859-1132
VL - 1
SP - 22
EP - 32
JO - Vietnam Journal of Public Health
JF - Vietnam Journal of Public Health
IS - 1
ER -