Survey-Based Qualitative Analysis of Young Generation Perception of Sustainable Development in Poland
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Dec 31, 2020
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sustainable development, sustainability dimensions, public policies, sustainability perception
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Understanding the perception of Sustainable Development can help to identify misconceptions surrounding the concept in order to design better education plans and public policies on this subject. Evaluating the perception of sustainability issues by focusing on the young generation as is an important proxy to imagine what the future holds for in terms of addressing sustainable development. We conducted 177 in-person interviews on a heterogeneous group of students and random volunteers in four cities in Poland to assess their perception of Sustainable Development. The vast majority (89.3%) of the respondents were familiar with the term ‘Sustainable Development’. However, part of them (57%) associated it only to the human and social development dimensions and its institutions, whereas 17.5% related it with its environmental aspects. The results supported by the literature review highlight challenges concerning the path towards a comprehensive perception of Sustainable Development and hence the achievement of the SDGs. Based on these results, we identify opportunities and incentives to bring Poland towards 2030 Agenda.
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Pena, I. A., Lucas, I. L., Penna-Firme, R., Strassburg, B., Drosik, A., Rubisz, L., Kubon, M., Latala, H., Grotkiewicz , K., Kubon , K., Batalhão, A. C., & Latawiec, A. E. (2020). Survey-Based Qualitative Analysis of Young Generation Perception of Sustainable Development in Poland. Agricultural Engineering , 24(4), 75-86. Retrieved from http://agriceng.ptir.org/index.php/AgricEng/article/view/262
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Antognelli, S., Vizzari, M. (2017). Landscape liveability spatial assessment integrating ecosystem and urban services with their perceived importance by stakeholders. Ecological Indicators, 72, 703-725.
Arora, N.K., Mishra, I. (2019). United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and environmental 299 sustainability: race against time. Environmental Sustainability, 2, 339-342.
Austin, J.L. (1962). Sense and Sensibilia. Oxford University Press: USA.
Balsiger, J., Ingold, K. (2016). In the Eye of the Beholder: Network location and sustainability perception in flood prevention. Environmental Policy and Governance, 26(4), 242-256.
Batalhão, A.C.S., Caldana, A.C.F., Mapar, M., Ramos, T.B., Pintér, L. (2020). A sustainability assessment tool for metropolitan areas: Development in Metropolitan Region of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Proceedings of the 26st Annual International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference, Budapest, Hungary.
Baum, R. (2008). Zrównoważony rozwój rolnictwa i kryteria jego oceny. Journal of agribusiness and rural development, 1(7), 5-15.
Biermann, F., Kanie, N., Kim, R.E. (2017). Global governance by goal-setting: the novel approach of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 26-27, 26-31.
Bołtromiuk, A. (2010). Polskie społeczeństwo wobec idei i zasad zrównoważonego rozwoju. Problemy ekorozwoju – problems of sustainable development, 5(2), 107-116.
Colantonio, A. (2009). Social Sustainability: Linking Research to Policy and Practice, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development (OISD). Oxford Brookes University, UK
Craig, C.A., Allen, M.W. (2013). Sustainability information sources: employee knowledge, perceptions, and learning. Journal of Communication Management, 17(4), 292-307.
Disterheft, A., Caeiro, S., Azeiteiro, U.M., Leal Filho, W. (2013). Sustainability Science and Education for Sustainable Development in Universities: A Way for Transition, in: Caeiro S., Filho W., Jabbour C., Azeiteiro U. (eds) Sustainability Assessment Tools in Higher Education Institutions. Springer, Cham, Switzerland.
Dogruyol, K., Aziz, Z., Arayici, Y. (2018). Eye of Sustainable Planning: A Conceptual Heritage-Led Urban Regeneration Planning Framework. Sustainability, 10(5), 1343.
Dzioban, K. (2017) Edukacja przyrodnicza dla zrównoważonego rozwoju w opinii studentów AWF Warszawa i Politechniki Warszawskiej. Materiały konferencyjne. Warsaw, Poland.
European Commission. (2019). The EU Environmental Implementation Review 2019 Country Report – Poland. [Report] https://ec.europa.eu/environment/eir/pdf/report_pl_en.pdf
Fabrizzi, S., Maggino, F., Marinelli, N., Menghini, S., Ricci, C. (2016). Sustainability and well-being: the Perception of Younger Generations and their Expectations. Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia, 8, 592-601.
Flick, U. (2014) An Introduction to Qualitative Research. 5th Edition, Sage Publications: London.
Fukuda-Parr, S., Yamin, A. E., Greenstein, J. (2013) Synthesis Paper - The Power of Numbers: A Critical Review of MDG Targets for Human Development and Human Rights. Working Paper Series. http://fxb.harvard.edu/wpcontent/uploads/sites/5/2013/09/Synthesis-paper-PoN_Final1.pdf
Giller, K.E., Drupady, I.M., Fontana, L.B., Oldekop, J.A. (2018). Editorial overview: The SDGs – aspirations or inspirations for global sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 34, A1-A2.
Hill, J., Lee, H. (2012). Young Generation Y consumers’’ perceptions of sustainability in the apparel industry. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An International Journal, 16(4), 477-491.
Hugé, J.; Waas, T.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Koedam, N., Block, T. (2013). A discourse-analytical perspective on sustainability assessment: interpreting sustainable development in practice. Sustainability Science, 8, 187–198.
Hume, M. (2010). Compassion without action: Examining the young consumers consumption and attitude to sustainable consumption. Journal of World Business, 45, 385-394.
Janikowski, R. (2016). Polityka spójności jako determinanta przyspieszenia percepcji kultury 339 zrównoważonego rozwoju w Polsce. Optimum: Studia ekonomiczne, 3(81), 60-75.
Jaśkiewicz, J. (2008). Dylematy zrównywanego rozwoju w Polsce. Problemy ekorozwoju, 3(1), 33-38.
Kagawa, F. (2007). Dissonance in students’ perceptions of sustainable development and sustainability: Implications for curriculum change. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 8(3), 317-338.
Kemper, J.A.; Ballantine, P.W., Hall, M. (2018). Global warming and sustainability: Understanding the beliefs of marketing faculty. Journal of Public Affairs, 18(4), e1664.
Kostecka, J., Mroczek, J. (2007). Świadomość ekologiczna rolników a zrównoważony rozwój obszarów wiejskich podkarpacia. Ekonomia i Środowisko, 2(32), 164-177.
Kwiatek, A., Skiba, M. (2017). Świadomość ekologiczna młodych ludzi. Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Częstochowskiej Zarządzanie, 28(2), 127-136.
Matuszczak, A. (2006). Koncepcja zrównoważonego rozwoju w obszarze ekonomicznym, środowiskowym i społecznym. Roczniki Ekonomiczne Kujawsko-Pomorskiej Szkoły Wyższej w Bydgoszczy, 2, 125-141.
Merleau-Ponty, M. (2002). Phenomenology of Perception. Psychology Press: London and New York, 305.
Orenstein, D. E., Shach-Pinsley, D. A. (2017). Comparative Framework for Assessing Sustainability Initiatives at the Regional Scale. World Development, 98, 245-256.
Ritchie, H., Roser, M. (2018). Now it is possible to take stock – did the world achieve the Millennium Development Goals? Our World in Data. https://ourworldindata.org/millennium-development-goals
Ramos, T.B. (2019). Sustainability Assessment: Exploring the Frontiers and Paradigms of Indicator Approaches. Sustainability, 11(3), 824.
Raszkowski, A., Bartniczak, B. (2019). On the Road to Sustainability: Implementation of the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in Poland. Sustainability, 11(2), 297 366.
Redclift, M. (2005) Sustainable Development (1987-2005) - An Oxymoron Comes of Age. Sustainable Development, 13(4), 212-227.
Rivero, J.C.S., Eastmond-Spencer, A., Garcia, J.B., Navarro-Pineda, F.S. (2016). A Three-Dimensional Sustainability Evaluation of Jatropha Plantations in Yucatan, Mexico. Sustainability, 8(12), 1316.
Sachs, W. (1999). Planet Dialectics: Exploring in Environment and Development. Fernwood Publishing, Witwatersrand University Press, Zed Books: New York, NY, USA. ISBN 1-55266-016-8.
Saunders, M., Lewis, P., Thornhil, A. (2012). Research Methods for Business Students, 6th ed.; Pearson, Edinburgh.
Severo, E.A., Guimarães, J.C.F., Brito, L.P., Dellarmelin, M.L. (2017). Environmental sustainability and sustainable consumption: the perception of baby boomers, generation x and y in Brazil. Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental, 11(3), 92-110.
Silva Junior, A., Martins-Silva, P.O., Vasconcelos, K.C.A., Silva, V.C., Brito, S.L.M., Monteiro, J.M.R. (2019). Sustainability and corporate social responsibility in the opinion of undergraduate students in management programs: Between the concrete and the abstract. Journal of Cleaner Production, 207, 600-617.
Singh, R.K., Murty, H., Gupta, S., Dikshit, A. (2012) An overview of sustainability assessment methodologies. Ecological Indicators, 15(1), 281-299.
Skowroński, A. (2006). Zrównoważony rozwój perspektywą dalszego postępu cywilizacyjnego. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 1(2), 47-57.
Spangenberg, J.H. (2011). Sustainability science: a review, an analysis and some empirical lessons. Environmental Conservation, 38 (3), 275-287.
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World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). (1987). Our Common Future. Oxford University Press, Oxford. [Report] https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/5987our-common-future.pdf
World Health Organization (WHO). (2018). Global Urban Ambient Air Quality Database. [Dataset] http://www.who.int/airpollution/data/aap_air_quality_database_2018_v12.xlsx?ua=1
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Wu, J., Wu, T. (2011). Sustainability indicators and indices: an overview. In Handbook of Sustainability Management. World Scientific, Singapore, pp 65-86. ISBN 978-981-4354-81-3.
Xue, L., Weng, L., Yu, H. (2018) Addressing policy challenges in implementing Sustainable Development Goals through an adaptive governance approach: A view from transitional China. Sustainable Development, 26(2), 150-158.