Environmental Friendly Behaviour and the Attainment of Sustainable Communities in Ikom Education Zone-Nigeria.

Abstract

The essence of this study was to investigate environment friendly behaviour and attainment of sustainable communities in Ikom Education Zone of Cross River State. To achieve the purpose of this study, two research questions were posed and converted to two null hypotheses that were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Literature was reviewed in accordance with the variables of the study. Survey research design was considered most appropriate for the study. The population of this study consisted of all the farmers, hunters, gathers of forest products and timber dealers residing and operating in Ikom Education Zone of Cross River State. Simple random sampling technique was adopted to select the four local government areas and forty-one communities used for the study. Systematic random sampling technique was also adopted to select the five hundred and twenty (520) respondents used for the study. A thirty-five item four point Likert scale questionnaire was the instrument utilized for the purpose of gathering data for the study. The instrument was properly validated by relevant lecturers. To establish the reliability of the instrument, Cronbach alpha method was employed. In order to test the hypotheses formulated for the study, Pearson product moment correlation and multiple regression statistical tools were used for analysis of data. The results that were obtained from analysis of data and testing of hypotheses in the study revealed that;

There is a significant relationship between tree planting and attainment of sustainable communities there is a significant relationship between water conservation and attainment of sustainable communities. It can be concluded that environment-friendly behaviour contributes positively to the attainment of sustainable communities in the study area.