Percepción y opinión de los ecuatorianos sobre la realidad socio ambiental nacional Análisis del cantón Baños de Agua Santa

Abstract

The present study has the purpose of knowing the perception and opinion of the inhabitants of the Baños de Agua Santa canton regarding the socio-environmental reality. To fulfill the purpose of this thesis, a survey on perception was applied to 377 inhabitants of this canton. According to the results obtained, 55.17% of inhabitants have heard the word biodiversity, but do not know the meaning; but 61.01% perceive a socio-environmental reality threatened by growing processes of degradation and point out that the greatest threat to biodiversity is the pollution of air, water; 53.05% worry about the growing amount of garbage; In order to treat environmental problems, 49.34% are willing to buy organic products. The majority of inhabitants (71.88%) of the canton show that water remains the same in the last 10 years; 61.27% of people said that we should be efficient in the use of water, for example, not to leave the keys running. Regarding the products in the environment, 44.83% would be willing to pay 5% more if the products are more ecological.