CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Bureikaite, Rita |
|---|---|
| Title | Environmental Awareness and Place Attachment in the Coastal Region of Lithuania |
| Summary | This paper analyzes the relation between the degree of place attachment and environmental concern of the residents of the coastal area of Lithuania. This specific research also aimed to study the links between people’s marine uses, sociodemographic data, their willingness to move from the area and other issues. During the research 174 interviews were conducted in four coastal localities in Lithuania – Klaipėda city municipality, Neringa municipality, Klaipėda district municipality and Palanga municipality. Survey data together with field observations supported the research hypothesis that there is a positive relation between respondents’ sense of place attachment and environmental concern. However, the secondary research hypothesis that the degree of place attachment is lowest in Klaipėda district municipality due to longest distance from the sea and weak marine uses was partially confirmed (researched revealed that although the degree of place attachment was indeed the lowest in this area, marine uses were not the weakest in Klaipėda district municipality). The research also indicated that people who are related to the Baltic Sea by their activities (either occupation, hobby or recreation) tend to be more attached to the coastal area and more environmentally concerned than those who are not related to the sea at all. However, the research results also revealed that other demographic features do not play a significant role in terms of people’s environmental awareness or their attachment to the coastal area, a finding which differs from other known study results. Nor did people’s marine related activities show a direct link with their awareness about major environmental problems of the Baltic Sea, which in general proved to be relatively low. |
| Supervisor | Watt, Alan |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/bureikaite_rita.pdf |
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