Percepción y opinión de ecuatorianos sobre realidad socio ambiental nacional. Análisis del cantón Tulcán

Abstract

This study aims to learn about perception and opinion of citizens of Tulcán facing environment issues, gender equity, quality of life and participation; For which it was applied a simple random survey of 383 habitants as much as in the urban area as in the rural area, and then make a descriptive analysis of the data. Among the main results obtained, the highlighted of the population studied considers that recycling and reuse is an efficient personal action to deal with environmental problems, it can be mentioned that the theme biodiversity is known by the majority of the population, who consider that the main problem is an air - water pollution. There is a widespread perception in the canton regarding the issue of unemployment; In rural area, access to education and information is deficient compared to the rest of the canton.