dc.contributor.author |
Hossain, Sarder Mahmud |
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dc.contributor.author |
Alif, Sheikh Mohammad |
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dc.contributor.author |
Tarafdar, Monowar Ahmad |
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dc.contributor.author |
Baroi, Supti |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-04-17T19:51:00Z |
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dc.date.available |
2014-04-17T19:51:00Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013-07 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Anwer Khan Modern Medical College, 2013 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2221-8366X (Print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2304-5701 (Electronic) |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/156 |
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dc.description.abstract |
A descriptive tyupe of cross sectional study was conducted at Badda, Dhaka to assess the level of knowledge on climate change of the people with a purposive sample size of 226. Nearly half of the respondents heard aout the global warming but 43.24% didn’t. A major portion of the respondents (62.39%) agreed to include the Climate Change in school curriculiim, 39.38% respondents strongly agreed that the world climate is changing but it was due to human behavior which was strongly agreed agreed by 16.81%. 17.26% strongly believed. that developed countries are the main contributors. 15 .49 % of the respondents strongly agreed that developed countries should provide compensation to the affected developing countries. Neither agreed nor disagreed that the Climate change had impact on economy was 38.06% but 40. 27 % respondents strongly agreed that Climate has impact on human health. 36.73% respondents strongly agreed that Climate Change has impact on food production and 34.07% strongly agreed that it has impact on soil condition and fertility. 49.56% respondents strongly agreed for the need to take measure to reduce or prevent climatic Change and 43.23% strongly agreed on awareness creation to cope with Climate Chang TV/RADIO was the most important source of information about global warming (82.75 ) The association between educational level and knowledge on Climate Change was found to be significant. As the climate change has already put a devastating impact on survival on millions effective action plan to be undertaken to control the impact on environment and create awareness about the adverse effects of it on the globe. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Anwer Khan Modern Medical College |
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dc.subject |
Global warrning |
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dc.subject |
Green House Effect |
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dc.subject |
Climate Change |
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dc.subject |
Health Impact |
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dc.title |
Study on level of knowledge on climate change among the people residing in a selected area of Dhaka city |
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dc.type |
Article |
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