Urban green spaces have several benefits for humans and environment as ecosystem services that are neglected underestimated in developing countries. This study was undertaken to assess the importance of UGS citizens’ communities, evaluate threats their viability, identify participatory strategies locally applicable urban space viability three cities (Ouidah, Cotonou Porto-Novo) Benin. Surveys w...

Residents’ subjective well-being is closely related to their perception of specific attributes the city they live in, such as physical appearance, entertainment facilities, and job opportunities. This study aims examine effect place image on residents’ well mediation attachment this relationship. Residents living in Guangzhou for more than a year were targeted collect data, 420 valid samples ga...

A person’s perception of the level of security at a specific location depends on many factors, including past experiences in that location, the actual crime suffered by the population and more. Thus, when the individual perception that a location is insecure becomes the general rule is when the perception of security becomes an attribute of the region rather than the fears of some of its indivi...

OBJECTIVES To compare the self reported health of a group of individuals living in an area contaminated by chromium (chromium group) with a group living in an uncontaminated area (control group), and to assess the effects of perception of risk from exposure to chromium on health. DESIGN Cross sectional study using the SF-36 validated quality of life questionnaire. Further questions were added...

BACKGROUND Occupational physicians (OPs) have complex relationships with employees, employers, and the general public. OPs may have simultaneous obligations towards third parties, which can lead to variable conflicts of interests. Among the various studies of ethical issues related to OPs, few have focused on the Korean OPs. The aim of the present survey was to investigate the ethical contexts,...

Environmental hazards caused by living conditions and human behaviour in residential areas are types of manmade hazards which have rarely been studied and documented in literature. Available studies that had considered theconventional residential environment had proved that residents’ perception were influenced by human and environmental factors. With focus on educational institutions, this pap...

Plastics, one of the most abundant materials in the world today, are one of the main sources of pollution. People’s perception of using and disposing plastic bags is primordial as they tend to be a major part of household solid waste. This study aims to determine community’s perception of usage and disposal of plastic bags in Eastern Ethiopia. A quantitative cross-sectional study has been condu...

BACKGROUND There is a phobia among doctors for the residency training program, since the establishment of the program over 30 years ago. The reason for establishing the program was mainly to provide the much-needed specialists in medicine. OBJECTIVES To ascertain the perception of the residency training program among residents. MATERIALS AND METHODS Structured questionnaires were administer...