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Socio-demographic determinants of climate change knowledge and engagement in low-carbon behavior among students in the Western Himalayas, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Rouoof Habib Ganie1
,
Pratima Gajbhiye2*
,
Abdul Qayoom3
,
Mohammad Abass Bhat1
,
Abhayveer Singh4
,
Bhavik Jain5
,
Kamal Kant Joshi67
,
Aashna Sinha8
,
Abhinav Kumar910
,
Pallavi Sharma11*
1Research Scholar, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, and Assistant Professor J&K Higher Education Department, India
2Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Physical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India
3Associate Professor, Govt Degree College Awantipora, J&K Higher Education Department, India
4Research Scholar, Centre for Research Impact & Outcome, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Rajpura, 140401, Punjab, India
5Research Scholar, Chitkara Centre for Research and Development, Chitkara University, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, 174103, India
6Professor, Department of Allied Science, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun-248002, Uttarakhand, India
7Adjunct Professor, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
8Assistant Professor, School of Applied and Life Sciences, Division of Research and Innovation, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun 248007, India
9Adjunct Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, India
10Visiting Professor, Refrigeration & Air-condition Department, Technical Engineering College, The Islamic University, Najaf, Iraq
11Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Science & Humanities, Model Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kot Bhalwal, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India
*Corresponding Author
31 March 2025. pp. 70-87
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Abstract

Jammu and Kashmir, being part of the Himalayas, is thought to be particularly defenseless to the crisis in the climate that is generated by adaption techniques for the region to accord with its ramifications. An awakening is essential for the regional climate crisis with its repercussions with respect to concurring in the process of ontogenesis and utilization of the programs in an acquainted way. Thereby there is an exploration of the level of awakenment with respect to the climate crisis for undergraduate scholars. Variations were observed in the antiphon of scholars with respect to their solicitousness semester, gender, family income, residence, father’s job, subject stream, and parental education. Conducive sampling was utilized, and data was acquired from undergraduate scholars of the Valley of Kashmir; it was predicted that scholars are not very aware of climate crisis antecedents. Even though the scholars intended to be engaged in low-carbon characteristics still it hurdles with commitment were predicted to be increased. It was also predicted that there remains a significant change in understanding of the climate crisis, among students concerning their gender and mothers’ education. In the case of “Engagement of Low Carbon Behaviors (LCBs),” students were found to have significant differences concerning gender and subject stream.

Keywords
climate crisis
conducive sampling
kashmir valley
low carbon behavior and low-carbon characteristics
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  • Publisher :Sustainable Building Research Center (ERC) Innovative Durable Building and Infrastructure Research Center
  • Publisher(Ko) :건설구조물 내구성혁신 연구센터
  • Journal Title :International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development
  • Volume : 16
  • No :1
  • Pages :70-87
  • Received Date : 2025-02-25
  • Accepted Date : 2025-03-12
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.22712/susb.20250006
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