Household’s perception of water pollution and its economic impact on human health in Malaysia
Environmental problems are a major global concern. In this global problem, water pollution is perhaps one of the more threatening causes of environmental problems. Water pollution significantly affects public health. Hence, this paper investigates household risk perception of water pollution and exa...
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| author | Afroz, Rafia Banna, Hasanul Banna Mehedi Masud, Muhammad Mehedi Akhtar, Rulia Yahaya, Siti Rohani |
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| description | Environmental problems are a major global concern. In this global problem, water pollution is perhaps one of the more threatening causes of environmental problems. Water pollution significantly affects public health. Hence, this paper investigates household risk perception of water pollution and examines the demographic and socio-economic factors that influence their risk perception. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire and analysed by SPSS. The findings indicate that gender, age, education, income, AWN and ATT signifi- cantly affect household risk perception of water pollution. Upon discussing the water resource policies in Malaysia, we offer recommendations that will be helpful for policy- makers to improve river water quality in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | iium-413002017-01-18T06:18:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/41300/ Household’s perception of water pollution and its economic impact on human health in Malaysia Afroz, Rafia Banna, Hasanul Banna Mehedi Masud, Muhammad Mehedi Akhtar, Rulia Yahaya, Siti Rohani H Social Sciences (General) Environmental problems are a major global concern. In this global problem, water pollution is perhaps one of the more threatening causes of environmental problems. Water pollution significantly affects public health. Hence, this paper investigates household risk perception of water pollution and examines the demographic and socio-economic factors that influence their risk perception. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire and analysed by SPSS. The findings indicate that gender, age, education, income, AWN and ATT signifi- cantly affect household risk perception of water pollution. Upon discussing the water resource policies in Malaysia, we offer recommendations that will be helpful for policy- makers to improve river water quality in Malaysia. Desalination Publications 2016-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41300/1/published_paper_in_water-2.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41300/4/41300_Household%27s%20perception%20of%20water%20pollution_WoS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41300/5/41300_Household%27s%20perception%20of%20water%20pollution_SCOPUS.pdf Afroz, Rafia and Banna, Hasanul Banna and Mehedi Masud, Muhammad Mehedi and Akhtar, Rulia and Yahaya, Siti Rohani (2016) Household’s perception of water pollution and its economic impact on human health in Malaysia. Desalination and Water Treatment, 57 (1). pp. 115-123. ISSN 1944-3994 (O), 1944-3986 (P) (In Press) 10.1080/19443994.2015.1006822 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Afroz, Rafia Banna, Hasanul Banna Mehedi Masud, Muhammad Mehedi Akhtar, Rulia Yahaya, Siti Rohani Household’s perception of water pollution and its economic impact on human health in Malaysia |
| title | Household’s perception of water pollution and its economic impact on human health in Malaysia |
| title_full | Household’s perception of water pollution and its economic impact on human health in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Household’s perception of water pollution and its economic impact on human health in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Household’s perception of water pollution and its economic impact on human health in Malaysia |
| title_short | Household’s perception of water pollution and its economic impact on human health in Malaysia |
| title_sort | household’s perception of water pollution and its economic impact on human health in malaysia |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/41300/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/41300/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/41300/1/published_paper_in_water-2.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/41300/4/41300_Household%27s%20perception%20of%20water%20pollution_WoS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/41300/5/41300_Household%27s%20perception%20of%20water%20pollution_SCOPUS.pdf |