Effects of Climate Change on Human Behaviour: A People Perspective (original) (raw)
2019, Effects of Climate Change on Human Behaviour: A People Perspective
Aim: Climate change effects are not limited to a single sector of life but it has far reaching effects on behaviour and attitudes of a person or community in a holistic manner. With passing time, climate change is showing its unpleasant consequences in one form or another. Human behaviour has a significant importance in altering and modifying the atrocities of climate change. Methodology: In this research paper, Tehsil Gagra of District Buner Pakistan was selected to analyze the human behaviour as an independent variable and climate change effects on local people lives as a dependent variable. Out of 3 Union Councils (UC), 2 were randomly selected and from both the UCs 370 respondents were taken as a total sample size. Data was collected from the local respondents through interviews, & collected data was analyzed through medium of central dispersion, univariate and bivariate statistical techniques. Chi-Square test was used to find the association between the targeted dependent and independent variables. Findings: Findings of the data collected showed that there was found a significant relationship (P<0.05) between increased apprehensions and community practical measures towards climate change, rural people settlement has increased pressure on natural resources, increased agro-forestry and awareness among the locals with the climate change effects on human lives. Moreover, there was also found a high negative significant relationship (P>0.05) between government has taken sufficient actions to avert the climate change, and government has the proper system to cope with hazardous situation, with climate change effects on human lives. Conclusion: As regards to the findings, it is suggested that there is need of awareness among the local population about the climate change and a felt need of increase the coordination between the local and international community to give a framework to mitigate the losses in the aftermath of climate change by prioritizing the issue of climate change on urgent basis.
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