Visitors' environmental attitude and place attachment towards Kukup Island National Park, Johor, Malaysia

Kukup Island Johor National Park (Kukup Island JNP) as the Mangrove National Park in Malaysia, is facing of eterioration of the park’s resources where the park facilities are under critical periodical maintenance every year. This is because of the high pressures from a large group of visitors and t...

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Main Author:	Razali, Nurul Rusmida
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Place attachment - Psychological aspects Environmental psychology Attachment behavior
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70098/1/FH%202016%207%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.700982019-08-22T03:45:38Z Visitors' environmental attitude and place attachment towards Kukup Island National Park, Johor, Malaysia 2019-04 Razali, Nurul Rusmida Kukup Island Johor National Park (Kukup Island JNP) as the Mangrove National Park in Malaysia, is facing of eterioration of the park’s resources where the park facilities are under critical periodical maintenance every year. This is because of the high pressures from a large group of visitors and the facilities are exposed to salt water all the time. Deterioration of the park facilities leads to the need to increase awareness about the importance of this mangrove island, which the visitors visited for education and recreational enjoyment. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to identify visitors’ attitudes toward Kukup Island JNP especially the relationship between place attachment and environmental attitude on proenvironment behavior intention towards the park. The study has been conducted on 380 respondents who visited Kukup Island JNP in March 2014 who were selected through a systematic random sampling method and the respondents answered by self-administered questionnaire.Research findings indicate that the levels of functional and emotional attachment dimensions were moderate to high respectively. The findings revealed that the park’s resources such as facilities and Kukup Island JNP’s mangrove environment increased the visitors’ attachment toward Kukup Island JNP. In addition, the level of environmental attitudes was positive on balance with nature dimension, ecological limits dimension and anthropocentrism dimension. The visitors’ awareness of consequences revealed that most of the respondents agreed there is a need for balance between human and the protection of Kukup Island JNP’mangrove environment than anthropocentric attitudes. The findings also found that there is a significant positive effect of balance with nature dimension, ecological limits dimension and place affect with pro-environment behaviour intention with total variance explained by these factors was 48.6%. The findings suggested the respondents had stronger emotional than functional attachment and proenvironmental attitude toward the park. In addition, the respondents’ viewpoint on human as a part of nature or protector of the mangrove environment at Kukup Island JNP then encourages they are to participate in pro-environment behavior intention.Therefore, the research emphasized to increase advocacy conservation efforts through place attachment and pro-environmental attitudes of park visitors. It is also suggested the park management to maintain the park resources for visitors’ satisfactory experiences toward Kukup Island JNP. Place attachment - Psychological aspects Environmental psychology Attachment behavior 2019-04 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70098/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70098/1/FH%202016%207%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Place attachment - Psychological aspects Environmental psychology Attachment behavior
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English
topic	Place attachment - Psychological aspects Environmental psychology Attachment behavior
spellingShingle	Place attachment - Psychological aspects Environmental psychology Attachment behavior Razali, Nurul Rusmida Visitors' environmental attitude and place attachment towards Kukup Island National Park, Johor, Malaysia
description	Kukup Island Johor National Park (Kukup Island JNP) as the Mangrove National Park in Malaysia, is facing of eterioration of the park’s resources where the park facilities are under critical periodical maintenance every year. This is because of the high pressures from a large group of visitors and the facilities are exposed to salt water all the time. Deterioration of the park facilities leads to the need to increase awareness about the importance of this mangrove island, which the visitors visited for education and recreational enjoyment. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to identify visitors’ attitudes toward Kukup Island JNP especially the relationship between place attachment and environmental attitude on proenvironment behavior intention towards the park. The study has been conducted on 380 respondents who visited Kukup Island JNP in March 2014 who were selected through a systematic random sampling method and the respondents answered by self-administered questionnaire.Research findings indicate that the levels of functional and emotional attachment dimensions were moderate to high respectively. The findings revealed that the park’s resources such as facilities and Kukup Island JNP’s mangrove environment increased the visitors’ attachment toward Kukup Island JNP. In addition, the level of environmental attitudes was positive on balance with nature dimension, ecological limits dimension and anthropocentrism dimension. The visitors’ awareness of consequences revealed that most of the respondents agreed there is a need for balance between human and the protection of Kukup Island JNP’mangrove environment than anthropocentric attitudes. The findings also found that there is a significant positive effect of balance with nature dimension, ecological limits dimension and place affect with pro-environment behaviour intention with total variance explained by these factors was 48.6%. The findings suggested the respondents had stronger emotional than functional attachment and proenvironmental attitude toward the park. In addition, the respondents’ viewpoint on human as a part of nature or protector of the mangrove environment at Kukup Island JNP then encourages they are to participate in pro-environment behavior intention.Therefore, the research emphasized to increase advocacy conservation efforts through place attachment and pro-environmental attitudes of park visitors. It is also suggested the park management to maintain the park resources for visitors’ satisfactory experiences toward Kukup Island JNP.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Razali, Nurul Rusmida
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title	Visitors' environmental attitude and place attachment towards Kukup Island National Park, Johor, Malaysia
title_short	Visitors' environmental attitude and place attachment towards Kukup Island National Park, Johor, Malaysia
title_full	Visitors' environmental attitude and place attachment towards Kukup Island National Park, Johor, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Visitors' environmental attitude and place attachment towards Kukup Island National Park, Johor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Visitors' environmental attitude and place attachment towards Kukup Island National Park, Johor, Malaysia
title_sort	visitors' environmental attitude and place attachment towards kukup island national park, johor, malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70098/1/FH%202016%207%20IR.pdf
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Visitors' environmental attitude and place attachment towards Kukup Island National Park, Johor, Malaysia

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