Towards student awareness on green public transportation

Transportation is a main factor that makes the global climate change. Petroleum base transport like gasoline as the largest contributor of air pollution and CO2 emissions in the transport sector.While Green Transportation is a new concept to support sustainable economic development without sacrifi...

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Main Authors: Zainuddin, Nizamuddin, Teoh, Kar Yee, Lau, Joe Yee, Oh, Sin Yee
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/19385/1/STMLgoGreen%202016%201019_1030.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/19385/
https://issuu.com/fadhilahmatyamin/docs/stmlgogreenabstractbook
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Summary:Transportation is a main factor that makes the global climate change. Petroleum base transport like gasoline as the largest contributor of air pollution and CO2 emissions in the transport sector.While Green Transportation is a new concept to support sustainable economic development without sacrificing the local and global environment.The purpose of this study is to investigate the students’ awareness on green public transportation. Theory of environment awareness as the underpinning theory in this study.With the highlighted five components which are cause of pollution, conservation of soil, energy conservation, conservation of human health and conservation of wild life and husbandry, to measure the level awareness of student UUM on green public transportation effect towards environment.Quantitative approach is used in this exploratory study.The sample of the study from 400 UUM’s full-time undergraduate students and the population will be divided into three strata which are gender, race and school.Findings will indicate the importance ad effect of green public transportation in preserving the environment towards sustainability.In conclusion, this study helps to investigate the level of awareness on green public transportation.Thus, it will help UUM to implement the green public transportation in the campus.