Behaviour And Attitudes Of Students Towards Water Saving At The Banking Academy.pdf

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Hanoi, 05/06/2022

Primary research

on

BEHAVIOUR AND ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS TOWARDS

WATER SAVING AT THE BANKING ACADEMY

Teacher: Nguyen Thi Hoang Lien

Group: 4

Students: Le Dang Ha Bien

Pham Thu Hoa

Tran Dieu Phuong

Cao Vu Huyen Trang

Nguyen Duc Truong

Class: CityU 9E

Course: Environmental science

Hanoi, 05/06/2022

Primary research

on

BEHAVIOUR AND ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS TOWARDS

WATER SAVING AT THE BANKING ACADEMY

by

Le Dang Ha Bien _ CA9 090 –Pham Thu Hoa _ CA9 113 –Tran Dieu Phuong _ CA9 – 185 Cao Vu Huyen Trang _ CA9 166 –Nguyen Duc Truong _ CA9 171 –Class: CityU 9E

Lecturer: Nguyen Thi Hoang Lien Course: Environmental science

ABSTRACT

There is a need to develop more nuanced and playfully informed understandings of people’s attitudes and behavior toward water consumption and conservation in particular settings, particularly if we are to design initiatives designed to engage and then change behavior Many people still think that two-thirds of the Earth's area is water, so there is never a shortage of clean water Therefore, saving becomes a luxury for many people, especially the ignorant It

is forecasted that by 2050, there will be 3.9 billion people in the world without clean water to use You may not understand that abstract number, which is easier to understand than you might imagine: 2 out of 5 people in the world face the risk of severe water shortage The study sought to determine the attitudes and behaviors of water use of Banking Academy students, and assess the students' understanding of water-saving issues The survey included a sample size of 300 students The students recognized the dangers of indiscriminate water use; however, their use of water does not imply that they practice what they perceive to be harmful Therefore, this paper presents the findings of a small-scale research project that sought to playfully engage participants in an exploration of their attitudes and behavior toward water use in a university setting Hopefully, this research will assist to raise awareness about the dangers of using water and their consequences

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT 1

LIST OF FIGURES 3

1 Introduction 4

2 Literature review 5

3 Methodology 7

4 Findings 8

5 Discussion of findings 12

5.1 Water consumption and associated behaviors 12

5.2 Attitudes to water shortages and conservation 13

5.3 Factors that influence water consumption and water conservation 14

5.4 Water conservation practices 15

5.5 Water efficient appliances 17

6 Recommendations 17

7 Conclusion 18

References 19

Appendices 20

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Students of Banking Academy consume water sparingly… ……… 8

Figure 2: The length of time the student chooses can survive without water 8

Figure 3: Students' attitudes about whether to use water sparingly at school 9

Figure 4: The level of water usage of Banking Academy students 9

Figure 5: Factors affecting the water consumption of Banking Academy students 10

Figure 6: Factors affecting the saving of water of students of Banking Academy 10

Figure 7: Water conservation practices 11

Figure 8: Attitudes towards BA students wasting water 11

Figure 9: Frequency of participating in water saving campaigns 12

1 Introduction

Vietnam is facing many challenges in sustainably maintaining the water source to supply the daily needs of people and production There is a shortage of clean water in many localities, especially in large urban areas with high levels of immigration and population densities that are becoming overwhelmed compared to the existing clean water service infrastructure Demand for water due to population growth, urbanization, and industrialization is estimated at 130-150 billion m3/year, accounting for nearly 50% of the water produced in our country, and accounting for nearly 90% of the source dry season water (about 170 billion m3) This makes the risk of degradation, depletion of surface water, groundwater, and water shortage serious In addition, people's improper use of water such as wasteful use, pollution, etc is making clean water sources increasingly scarce (Lê Bắc Huỳnh, 2013) Water conservation is defined as reducing water use or reducing water loss (Green, 2011) This action helps to ensure a stable water source to serve the increasing needs of people

In that general context, Hanoi City, the second-most populous city in Vietnam, is also facing many challenges in meeting the needs of clean water for the people (most are poor people living in conditions of lack of clean water) must use wells with poor water quality or buy water

at high prices (Lê Anh, 2013) Therefore, one of the basic solutions on the demand side is to deeply implement water-saving through adjusting the behavior and attitudes of people in general and students in particular in daily activities to reduce pressure and maintain the capacity to meet this precious resource The research object is mainly aimed at students, specifically, students at Banking Academy - who are mostly still in a situation where their families provide monthly living expenses, and their behavior and attitudes about using Their water have a significant impact on water resources

Every student who is living and studying at the Academy is aware that ensuring a water source for a total number of thousands of students is a great effort of all staff and students in the Academy Right in the training program at the beginning of the course, the school's leaders held many talks with students to educate and propagate the spirit of saving water in the process

of living, helping students improve their sense of self-discipline The students themselves understand that the water source they are using is greatly supported by the people's own labor Reasonable use of water is saving sweat and effort of people, families, and society Stemming from that spirit, each student has had practical work from the dormitory to the lecture hall, the common toilet That makes the rational use of water systematic, from The leader of the group

to each member joining hands to save money

However, besides the points that have been done well, there are still some limitations that need to be seriously acknowledged and overcome Many students are not aware, so they use it widely, causing waste such as overflowing the water tank, not locking the water valve after use All of these things need to be repaired, but first of all, awareness of the students plus the urging of the class staff to be able to put an end to this situation completely The problem of using water sparingly is one of the concerns of students in the summer Therefore, each student needs to raise his awareness and sense of responsibility in saving, ensuring that his daily life and study always go on stably, and together with the school build facilities for development and service Good for the education and training of students The rational and economical use of electricity and water while at school will train each student's virtue of thrift when they go to work, contributing to perfecting the character of an officer according to Uncle Ho's teaching "need, thrift, integrity, righteousness", "will, public, selflessness, private" ("Waste of water: Need to change behavior", 2022)

Each action, though small, contributes to a great meaning, bringing practical results to the Banking Academy The study will analyze the factors affecting the behavior and attitude

of students to save water with the research scope being at Banking Academy in Hanoi city This study was conducted to provide answers to the following five questions:

o How does the behavior of students of Banking Academy affect water use?

o What is their attitude towards saving water?

o What factors affect their water consumption and water saving?

o What solutions help conserve water resources?

o Should the installation of devices that help save and optimize water use be prioritized in schools?

Moreover, there will be highlights about solutions to save water of Banking Academy students, as well as ideas to improve and enhance attitudes and behaviors in using precious water resources

2 Literature review

Despite the fact that there has been several research on people's behavior and attitudes regarding water conservation, each study only looks at one area of the subject Among them, a study by the University of Teknologi Malaysia identified the Water Consumption Behavioral Patterns of Boarding Students at Public Universities This study initiates a quantitative approach to data collection from 316 students by distributing questionnaires to residence hall dwellers in UTM Descriptive statistics and Standard Deviation Ellipse (SDE) were used as methods to achieve the objective of this study The findings are beneficial for facility managers

to gain the knowledge that underlies water behavioral modeling in daily water use at UTM as well as to assist them in estimating potential water savings in the future Research results show that students have a high level of awareness of the relationship between behavior and water consumption and seek continuous savings in water consumption over a longer period of time The second paper examines Australians' Water Conservation Attitudes and Behaviors This study aimed to gain insight into Australians’ most recent attitudes towards water conservation, their stated water conservation behavior, attitudes towards water-efficient appliances, stated ownership of water-efficient appliances, and stated barriers to installing water-efficient appliances This was achieved through a two-step empirical research design, including an extensive qualitative phase aimed at developing a complete quantitative instrument for the survey study, and a survey study with 1495 respondent’s representative of the Australian population The results indicate that many water conservation practices such as the installation of water-efficient showerheads, dual flush toilets, and the use of recycled water

in gardens, have increased since observations conducted in the 1980s and 1990s However, there is still a high level of importance placed on water conservation, as was present in these earlier studies – no significant change was observed Australians have very favorable attitudes

to both water conservation and water-efficient appliances However, these attitudes are not always translated into action With respect to water-saving appliances, a similar conclusion has

to be drawn: Australians agree that water-saving appliances are a good idea, but the proportion

of actual adopters does not reflect the attitudinal enthusiasm The main barriers to the adoption

of water-saving appliances are cost, perceived quality, convenience, and practicality All two research papers have clear purposes, specific research objects, and effective implementation methods Especially, the two articles all conclude from the collected data For the research paper on students of the University of Teknologi Malaysia, although it has shown the actions of students in using water from which to draw conclusions about water saving, the question raised is still limited to around finding out the number of people using water high or low and using water regularly or irregularly Furthermore, the pupils' attitudes toward water conservation and the activities they have made to conserve water have not been displayed The questions in the Australian study are more diversified, the data is clear, and the analysis is highly detailed This study revealed people's views about water conservation as well as impediments to conserving more water However, it is still not clear how people use water to analyze whether they really use water or not or everything just stops at thinking about saving water

Both of these articles have strengths and limitations, but most importantly, both articles

do not consider the audience of Banking Academy students Overall, despite the excellent results of previous studies, there are currently no research papers on the behavior and attitudes toward water use among students of the Banking Academy where I am studying, that's what motivated me to do my own research

3 Methodology

This project is aimed at examining the behavior and attitudes of students at Banking Academy of both ISBA students and general students toward water conservation, hence the best way is to utilize a quantitative method to answer five research questions Bryman (2012, p.35) defined quantitative research as, “A research strategy that emphasizes quantification in the collection and analysis of data…” It indicates that quantitative research entails calculating things Besides, Payne and Payne (2004, p 180) stated that: “Quantitative methods seek regularities in human lives by separating the social world into empirical components called variables which can be represented numerically as frequencies or rate” As a result, the quantitative findings are likely to be generalizable to a complete population or a sub-population because they involve a bigger sample that was chosen at random (Carr, 1994) Aside from sampling, data processing takes less time since it makes use of statistical tools (Connolly, 2007)

The data for this study was gathered using a questionnaire sent to ISBA students and general students at Banking Academy I created a 19-question questionnaire based on my five study objectives (11 closed, 7 partially closed, and 1 short answer) Following that, 300 ISBA students, as well as students from the aforementioned Banking Academy, were chosen at random and instructed to answer all of the questions by filling in and circling the appropriate choice In reality, the survey approach allows the researcher to collect data from huge groups

of people Furthermore, surveys are broad in terms of the sorts and amount of variables that may be investigated, require little cost to create and run, and are very simple to generalize (Bell, 1996, p.68) Besides, closed questions are not only easy for participants to respond to, but they are also easy for researchers to evaluate Additionally, partially closed questions are also relatively easy to analyze and do not force participants to take the inappropriate answers Then, all the answers were documented to reuse for further study In reality, this technique is used as a guide to identify students' water-saving actions, behaviors, and attitudes and to provide appropriate solutions to boost their feeling of personal responsibility

4 Findings

A total of 300 responses were collected over the duration of a week Participants in this research project are classified into two groups: 295 ISBA students and 5 of the rest of the Banking Academy The following discussion has been broken into five subsections to aid in the discussion of the results The first portion focuses on water use and associated behaviors, and the second section discusses attitudes toward water scarcity and conservation The third section focuses on variables that impact water usage and conservation, while the fourth section discusses water conservation measures and the last section discusses water-efficient appliances As expected, the results obtained completely reflect the difference in water consumption behavior and attitude of both mentioned groups

Figure 1: Students of Banking Academy consume water sparingly

Figure 1 shows that the quantity of students who participated in the survey on water consumption behavior and opinions is not equal CityU students have the most participants (175), while ordinary students have the fewest (5)

Figure 2: The length of time the student chooses can survive without water.

65 175

36 19

According to the collected data, the number of ISBA students who can live without water for 1 day is 275 while the other is 2 students Only 4 students in the ISBA choose to be able to survive without water for 1 month and not a single student in the other group chose this outcome

Figure 3: Students' attitudes about whether to use water sparingly at school.

The majority of students choose to save water while at school, of which 293 ISBA students and the other 4 students agree with this idea Contrary to that result, ISBA students accounted for 2 and the other accounted for only 1 out of 300 survey participants

Figure 4: The level of water usage of Banking Academy students

From figure 4, we can see that the majority of students of Banking Academy have a reasonable level of water use About 110 ISBA students and 4 other students choose to use enough There is only 1 case of wasteful use of water resources in the university

Figure 5: Factors affecting the water consumption of Banking Academy students

As seen in Figure 5, both ISBA students and the rest of the Banking Academy students had a number of problems while utilizing water at school About 3 students were dehydrated,

1 was congested, 5 were leaking, and the remainder had a work wells experience with using water

Figure 6: Factors affecting the saving of water of students of Banking Academy

As seen in Figure 6, all students in the survey practiced some level of water sparingly Baking Academy students who do not waste water when using it for personal hygiene, are interested in water-saving awareness workshops, and are interested in water-saving devices on campus are 67, 108, and 120, respectively This number is 1, 2, and 2 for the remaining participants

I do not waste water

when I use it for

personal hygiene

I am interested in workshop to raise awareness about saving water

I am interested in devices that support water saving on university grounds

Others