Article ID: 1120501
In many developing countries economic development and the trend toward urban concentration creates a crisis situation where the issue of waste management is concerned. Central and local authorities, where this problem is supposed to be handled through appropriate management, are facing many serious challenges. The situation of how to deal with waste and the attitudes citizens have toward it has become very grave in many cases.
This paper discusses approaches to raising environmental consciousness and developing pro-environmental behaviors among citizens in order to work on the waste problem, with public cooperation. The paper looks at the concept of environmental governance using a case study on waste issues in Sri Lanka.
Through fact-finding surveys and analysis of a comparative questionnaire, the results show there is a high level of environmental consciousness among the public ; there exists a possibility for behaviors to be corrected if citizens can put their trust in the local authorities ; and lastly, there is a lot of room for improvement regarding efforts to get citizens cooperating with the authorities on these issues.
