Mountain environment and population in Georgia: case study of Upper Svaneti

Autor: M. E. Elizbarashvili, Tamar Khardziani, M. Tatishvili, Roman Maisuradze
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 25:362-370
ISSN: 1745-2627
1350-4509
Popis: The purpose of the presented research is to identify local community opinions toward ecological problems in one of the mountainous region of Georgia (Upper Svaneti), to analyze how population ‘perceive, experience, and interpret’ the social, and ecological issues.The paper is based on the results of Upper Svanet ipopulation’s survey which was carried out by the authors of presented paper during the August of 2015 and 2016.The questionnaire was elaborated taking into account the peculiarities of the region. Stratified-cluster selection method was used for selection of respondents and database compilation. For statistical analysis of polling data the SPSS package was used.Based on the statistical analysis of survey results, the following issues have been studied: the most important ecological problems, environmental problems with respect to socio-economic ones, information sources on ecological problems, people’s trust in environmental issues, awareness level of the population on environmental polic...
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