Evaluation of Knowledge and Attitude of Non-medical Students about Virtual Water Recognize with the Approach of Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development
Subject Areas : Environmental crises
1 - Department of Envionmental science, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran
Keywords: Knowledge, Virtual Water, Protection, Environment, Training.,
Abstract :
Introduction: Despite the climatic changes and the recent droughts in Iran, as well as, the rising trend of development of industrial and agricultural activities, Iran are exposed to the severe water crisis. Thus, in order to tackle this problem, and management of water supplies at risk, virtual water and water footprint Culture Assessment an acceptable method for achieving sustainable development and environmental protection goals. To reduce and prevent water crisis as well as protection of environment the current study was, therefore, undertaken to determine the level of knowledge and attitudes of non-medical students on virtual water principles in environmental protection goals. Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive analytical study and samples include 384 non-medical students from Islamic Azad universities in Fars province who were selected by convenient sampling method. The self-administrated questionnaire included a demographic questionnaire and as well as their knowledge on virtual water and practice regarding willingness to conservation of environment was completed for all the study population through interviews. Subsequently, descriptive statistics, x2, and Mann-Whitney test and kruscal-wallis test were employed for analysis using SPSS Software (version 21). Results and Discussion: The findings of this study showed that, 98.2 percent of the people had poor awareness about virtual water recognize and role of virtual water in environmental protection and 83.8% of people were interested in increasing knowledge and attitudes on virtual water. On the other hand, there was a significant correlation between knowledge and sex, awareness and levels of education and knowledge and age (P< 0.05). Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that, 98.2 percent of the people had poor awareness about virtual water recognize and role of virtual water in environmental protection and 83.8% of people were interested in increasing knowledge and attitudes on virtual water. On the other hand, there was a significant correlation between knowledge and sex, awareness and levels of education and knowledge and age (P< 0.05).
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