This study investigated psychosocial factors as determinants of littering prevention behavior among residents of Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria.  The independent variables are; personality traits, gender, Residential characteristics, Educational level, Age and Organizational factors while dependent variable is littering prevention behavior. Descriptive survey was utilized for research design and ...

The increasing concern for environmental issues and degradation has gained much attention over the past few decades. Tourist destinations natural areas are vulnerable to human-caused problems such as littering. This study examines factors that determine shape environmentally responsible intended behavior, specifically preventing littering of park visitors. present integrated Theory Planned Beha...

Street littering has known to be a global phenomenon over the years. The intensity of varies across societies and age groups. This study on street is centered around youth. objectives cover two aspects: exploring factors affecting behavior in Sri Lanka suggesting policy implications. adopted quantitative methods based deductive reasoning approach. Data was collected as survey research using sim...

Concerns about the environment began to rise as various issues such littering increased. Littering is one of problems involving environment, and higher education campuses are also actively practising anti-littering show their efforts. The aim this study test relationship between environmental concern, attitude intention on using Theory Planned Behavior Extended Model. A total 303 students Polyt...

Past research has generated mixed support among social scientists for the utility of social norms in accounting for human behavior. We argue that norms do have a substantial impact on human action; however, the impact can only be properly recognized when researchers (a) separate 2 types of norms that at times act antagonistically in a situation—injunctive norms (what most others approve or disa...

Littering is a worldwide problem. Recently, it has become problem in countries that until now have had much less of some types trash (e.g., plastics), such as Africa. Most research on factors influencing littering been conducted more industrialized regions and shown personal norms social mainly explain why people litter or act an environmentally unfriendly way. One prominent model, the Norm Act...

Littering quantification is an important step for improving cleanliness of cities. When human interpretation is too cumbersome or in some cases impossible, an objective index of cleanliness could reduce the littering by awareness actions. In this paper, we present a fully automated computer vision application for littering quantification based on images taken from the streets and sidewalks. We ...

introduction: behavioral science experts believe that all entities capable of stimulating a person can be addictive; and whenever a habit changes into an obligation, it can be considered as an addiction. researchers also believe that there are a number of similarities as well as some differences between drug addiction and behavioral addiction diagnostic symptoms. the purpose of this study is to...

Street littering is considered an important environmental health issue in the Middle East. This problem is growing steadily and is attracting great concerns within the communities. The purpose of this paper, which focuses on Nablus district (Palestinian Territory), is to measure the perception and opinion of residents toward littering, in addition to studying prevailing attitudes and practices ...

Cigarette butts are consistently the most collected items in litter clean-up efforts, which are a costly burden to local economies. In addition, tobacco waste may be detrimental to our natural environment. The tobacco industry has conducted or funded numerous studies on smokers' littering knowledge and behavior, however, non-industry sponsored research is rare. We sought to examine whether demo...