AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH QUALITY OF LIFE AND ABILITY TO ADAPT FOR THE RANDOM COMMUNITIES THREATENED EGYPT

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Institute of Enviromental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University

2 Institute of Post Graduate Childhood Studies, Ain Shams University

3 Faculty of Social Work, Helwan University

4 National Center for Examinations and Educational Evaluation

Abstract

Environmental risks is no longer considered as a dangerous which threatens the future, but became a reality that threatens the current generations' life and imposes itself in all international and regional levels especially national levels. Risks means the possibility of any happening leads to material or moral losses related to some Variables cause these happenings. Therefore, it is necessary to realize these risks by the community in addition to face and adapt with them. This research focuses on realizing the environmental risks related to life quality and adaptability of threatened communities' members for different segments of society in one of the threatened communities in Egypt. This study formed of a sample of (466) of Bangar Alsukar and El Hamam citizens from (36) village from Ras Muthalath between three governorates that Beheira, Alexandria and Matrouh With a population of approximately 60,000 people. These three governorates' economy depends on Agricultural activities in first place, and this area is considered as a good example to show the problems which happen because of Climate change and also considered as one of the threatened communities in Egypt. The researcher used realizing the environmental risks related to life quality and adaptability questionnaire.
The results show differences of the sample members' responses. After realizing the environmental risks related to who live in the central village and who live in the normal village the responses choose who live in the normal village, but after realizing life quality the responses choose who live in the central village, and after realizing adaptability the responses choose who live in the central village, and the responses of sample members related to the segment of society (governmental and private sector workers- peasants and farmers) were so different after realizing the environmental risks in central and normal village.
 

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