Public Awareness and Participation in Canal Environmental Protection: Case Studies in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nowadays, environmental protection is an urgent problem which raises top concerns. Besides, green consumption is a trend encouraged to be widely implemented in many countries in the world, including Vietnam. However, in the reality of Vietnam, changing green consumer behavior in choosing products has been negligible and insignificant. With a diversified and varied population structure, Ho Chi Minh City is selected to analyze the impacts of demography and other related factors on green consumption behavior in the market. The quantitative research method is mainly used with the analysis of multiple correlation and linear regression. The results retrieved from 312 survey samples show that regarding demography, educational level, and marital status influence green consumption behavior. Besides, the results also show and measure the impacts of other factors, namely attitudes, subjective standards, environmental concerns, unavailability of green products on the green consumption behavior of consumers in Ho Chi Minh city. With the aim at promoting green consumer behavior in Ho Chi Minh City, there is a need for a change requiring the cooperation of all the Government, Enterprises, and consumers in stepping up propaganda, raising public awareness; simultaneously, orienting economic development activities associated with sustainable environmental protection.

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Public awareness campaigns for environmental protection : case studies on Hong Kong

10.5353/th_b5673719 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Maegan Cowan

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Environmental Protection ◽

Case Studies ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Awareness Campaigns

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Municipal Wastewater Treatment Technology Transfer Activities of the United States Environmental Protection Agency

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1989.0271 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 21 (6-7) ◽

pp. 685-698

Author(s):

J. J. Convery ◽

J. F. Kreissl ◽

A. D. Venosa ◽

J. H. Bender ◽

D. J. Lussier

Keyword(s):

Technology Transfer ◽

Environmental Protection ◽

Case Studies ◽

Environmental Protection Agency ◽

The United States ◽

Environmental Research ◽

Outreach Program ◽

Small Community ◽

Protection Agency ◽

Transfer Programs

Technology transfer is an important activity within the ll.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Specific technology transfer programs such as the activities of the Center for Environmental Research Information, the Innovative and Alternative Technology Program, as well as the Small Community Outreach Program are used to encourage the utilization of cost-effective municipal pollution control technology. Case studies of three technologies including a plant operations diagnostic/remediation methodology, alternative sewer technologies and ultraviolet disinfection are presented. These case studies are presented retrospectively in the context of a generalized concept of how technology flows from science to utilization which was developed in a study by Allen (1977). Additional insights from this study are presented on the information gathering characteristics of engineers and scientists which may be useful in designing technology transfer programs. The recognition of the need for a technology or a deficiency in current practice are important stimuli other than technology transfer for accelerating the utilization of new technology.

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES FOR WASTE MINIMIZATION IN THE CHEMICAL AND PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES : FINDINGS OF THE SALVADOR, BRAZIL, 1993 CONFERENCE

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1994.0050 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Francisco Fontes Lima ◽

Francisco Alves Pereira

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Environmental Protection ◽

Case Studies ◽

New Technologies ◽

Waste Minimization ◽

Source Control ◽

International Conference ◽

The Third ◽

Control Programmes ◽

Petrochemical Industries

This paper describes the findings of the “Third International Conference on Waste Management in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industries,” held in Salvador, Brazil, October 20-23, 1993. A summary of the 74 technical papers, divided into six major categories, is presented together with comments on the more stringent legislation concerning source control programmes. Case studies of two large chemical complexes that have been developing successful waste minimization programmes are described in detail: CETREL-Environmental Protection Company in Camaçari, Brazil, and BASF AG in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

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Peningkatan Pengetahuan Perilaku Hidup Bersih dan Sehat Mental Masyarakat Kalurahan Timbulharjo, Sewon, Bantul di Era New Reality Covid-19

PengabdianMu Jurnal Ilmiah Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat ◽

10.33084/pengabdianmu.v6i6.2179 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (6) ◽

pp. 598-603

Author(s):

Khoiriyah Isni ◽

Ardarina Delfiona Kekasi ◽

Nur Safani Indriani ◽

Juwita Sari

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Case Studies ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Community Empowerment ◽

P Value ◽

Public Knowledge ◽

Healthy Living ◽

Preparation Stage ◽

Three Stages ◽

Implementation Stage

The low level of public awareness in Balong Hamlet, Bibis Hamlet, and Kowen 2 Hamlet, Timbulharjo Village, Sewon, Bantul regarding clean and healthy living habits, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this community empowerment activity is to provide education about clean and healthy living habits and mental health so that there is an increase in public knowledge and awareness. This activity is carried out using the lecture, question and answer method, and case studies. This activity is carried out in three stages: the preparation stage, the implementation stage, and the reporting stage. The activities were carried out on 15, 16, and 17 February 2021, involving 70 people and three students. The results of this empowerment activity are evidenced by the existence of community empowerment which is shown through increasing knowledge about clean and mentally healthy living behaviors (p-value = 0.000). Education with the theme of clean and mentally healthy living habits needs to be carried out regularly to remind people of preventing Covid-19. Besides, it can also prevent public boredom in implementing clean and mentally healthy living behaviors.

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Pop-up landscape architecture in Ho Chi Minh City: Cases of creating livable city for all

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201819304002 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 193 ◽

pp. 04002

Author(s):

Anh Viet Vu ◽

Thi Ai Thuy Pham ◽

Tu Pham

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Case Studies ◽

Architectural Design ◽

Landscape Architecture ◽

Landscape Design ◽

The Other ◽

Ho Chi Minh City ◽

Place Making ◽

Innovative Thinking ◽

The City

The pop-up architecture (or landscape architecture) becomes popular nowadays. Some highlights include annual architecture program such as the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion at Hyde Park, London; MPavilion in Melbourne; MoMA PS1 and Heart Sculpture in New York. Many of these pop-up architectural works have been designed by world renowned architects, such as Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Hezorg and de Meuron, Jean Nouvel, Toyo Ito, SANAA, Shigeru Ban, BIG, etc. And many of these designs reflect innovative thinking that changes the professional world of architectural design. But above all, these pop-up architectures were created in responsive manner to the urban community and the community controversially has good response to this type of architecture. In the other words, pop-up architecture is the way the architects touch the heartbeat of the cities, make them livable for all. Ho Chi Minh City has its own types of pop-up landscape architecture, whereas this paper intends to explore in two case studies: Nguyen Hue Floral Boulevard and Nguyen Van Binh Book Street. Nguyen Hue Floral Street is celebrating now its twelfth birthday in the city. Nguyen Van Binh Book Street has just passed its first anniversary in 2017. Both cases live its own story behind the scene about how livable a city could be through place-making by architecture and landscape design. Throughout these cases, we would like to find out how this type of pop-up landscape architecture being realized and become popular in Ho Chi Minh City, and how it is devoted to a livable city for all.

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Popular Education for the Environment: Building Interest in the Educational Dimension of Social Action

Australian Journal of Environmental Education ◽

10.1017/s0814062600001002 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. 117-128 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

James Whelan

Keyword(s):

Environmental Education ◽

Case Studies ◽

Learning Strategies ◽

Social Action ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Popular Education ◽

The United States ◽

Environmental Communication ◽

Community Based ◽

Starting Point

AbstractCommunity-based environmental education is an important part of the sustainability project. Along with regulation and market-based instruments, adult learning and education in non-formal settings consistently features in the sustainability strategies advocated and implemented by government, community and industry entities.Community-situated environmental education programs often feature didactic “messaging”™, public awareness and community-based social marketing approaches. Clearly, these approaches have limited capacity to stimulate the social learning necessary to reorient toward sustainability. Popular education provides a framework to break from these dominant modes of environmental communication and education and achieve outcomes of a different order. Popular educators build curriculum from the daily lives of community members, address their social, political and structural change priorities, and emphasise collective rather than individual learning. Their work creates opportunities for education as social action, education for social action, and learning through social action.Case studies from Australia and the United States highlight opportunities for community educators to draw on the traditions and practices of popular education. Residents of contaminated communities organise “toxic tours”™ to bolster their campaigns for remediation. Residents and conservationists concerned about freeway construction incorporate learning strategies in their campaign plan to enhance peer learning, mentoring and prospects of long-term success. Advocacy organisations and research institutions work together to create formal and informal educational programs to strengthen and learn from social action. The principles derived from these case studies offer a starting point for collaboration and action research.

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