The purpose of this study is to examine the cognition of residents in the big city and agricultural area of environmental pollution by comparing their cognition and reaction to
the environmental pollution after selection Taegu and Yongyang-gun as it...
The purpose of this study is to examine the cognition of residents in the big city and agricultural area of environmental pollution by comparing their cognition and reaction to
the environmental pollution after selection Taegu and Yongyang-gun as its case areas.
The result of this study is summarized as follows.
1. It was shown that the concept of terms relating to the environmental pollution such as SMOG and P.P.M.is more exactly perceived by the residents in the big city than those in the agricultural area.
2. Their cognition concerning the existing sriousness of environmental pollution indicated that the residents in the big city are more sensitive than those in the agricultural area.It was also shown that those in the agricultural area
3. Their cognition of the environmental pollution around residential areas indicated that there is a difference in such pollutions as watercontamination in rivers or streams, excluding their contamination with agricultural medicals,exhause gas of automobiles, factory smokes, garbages, noise, dusting and bad smell between both areas, where the residents in the city were more serious than those in the agricultural area.
4. The residents in the big city showed various kinds of reactions according to locational features of their residential areas.When the residential area is located within an industrial complex, they showed more serious reaction to watercontamination and washing contamination caused by factory smokes, garbages and dust.When it is located in sides of roads and railroads,they were more sinsitive to pollurion of exhause gas of automobiles, noise and dust.And when it is in commercial areas including markets, they were more sensitive to pollution of garbages and bad smells.
5. It was shown that the residents in the big city are more distrustful of the quality of piped water than those in the agricultural area.
6. While most residents in both areasdarkly considered that there would be increased the damage to pollution in the future, they answered that it may be available to construct pollution industries damaging environment within the residential area if they are equipped with the facilities required for preventing pollution.The residents in Yongyang-gun continuously preferred to move to small,medium and big cities as well as Seoul. It is expected, therefore, that this tendency can play an important role in increasing the tendency leaving the rural area for the city.
7. In order to cope with the environmental pollution, most residents wanted to actively participate in activities necessary to preserve environment. To do that, they answered that it is actually required to promote the education of environment by means of schools or society to change the understanding of environment.Also it was shown that the most effective method for promoting the environmental education includes the image media such as T.V. as well as its education in schools. It seems that it is necessary to properly reflect the above fact in the education of environment.