FACTORS AFFECTING WATER ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION FROM CHILDHOOD NATURE INTEREST AND BASIN RESIDENCE DURATION

Abstract

 This study aimed to clarify the factors affecting water environmental evaluation. We conducted questionnaire to 559 local residents, and analysed by structural equation modelings. As a result, residents who had high interest in nature in childhood, and long residence duration have high level of interest in water environment. However such residents showed negative evaluation for current situations of water plant and exotic fish in the waterside area. Other residents who had close relationship with water resources had high awareness of concervation plan and had good valuation the current situations of cyanobacteria bloom and exotic fish in waterside area. In addition, residents who had high knowledge level of local environmental situation evaluated that water quality is fine. Also residents who had long residence duration has low evaluation of reed community.