Abstract

Understanding the perception of Sustainable Development can help to identify misconceptions surrounding the concept in order to design better education plans and public policies on this subject. Evaluating the perception of sustainability issues by focusing on the young generation as is an important proxy to imagine what the future holds for in terms of addressing sustainable development. We conducted 177 in-person interviews on a heterogeneous group of students and random volunteers in four cities in Poland to assess their perception of Sustainable Development. The vast majority (89.3%) of the respondents were familiar with the term ‘Sustainable Development’. However, part of them (57%) associated it only to the human and social development dimensions and its institutions, whereas 17.5% related it with its environmental aspects. The results supported by the literature review highlight challenges concerning the path towards a comprehensive perception of Sustainable Development and hence the achievement of the SDGs. Based on these results, we identify opportunities and incentives to bring Poland towards 2030 Agenda.

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Title
Survey-Based Qualitative Analysis of Young Generation Perception of Sustainable Development in Poland
Author
Pena, Ingrid A B 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lucas, Isabella L 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Penna-Firme, Rodrigo 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Strassburg, Bernardo 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Drosik, Adam 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rubisz, Lech 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Kubon, Maciej 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Latala, Hubert 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Grotkiewicz, Katarzyna 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Kubon, Krzysztof 8 ; Batalhão, André C S 9 ; Latawiec, Agnieszka E 10   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 22453900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
2  International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
3  Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 22453900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
4  Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 22453900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Programa de Pós Graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Botanical Garden Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro, R. Jardim Botânico, 1008, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22460-030, Brazil 
5  Institute of Political Science and Administration, Opole University, pl. Kopernika 11a, 45-040Opole, Poland 
6  Department of Production Engineering, Logistics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Balicka 116B, 30-149Kraków, Poland; Eastern European State College of Higher Education in Przemyśl, Książąt Lubomirskich 6, 37-700 Przemyśl, Poland 
7  Department of Production Engineering, Logistics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Balicka 116B, 30-149Kraków, Poland 
8  Association Project Tarnów, Rynek 9, 33-100Tarnów, Poland; Institute of Political Science and International Relations, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, ul. Jabłonowskich 5, 31-114Krakow, Poland 
9  Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research, Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal; School of Economics, Business Administration and Accounting at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, 14040-905, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil 
10  Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 22453900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Department of Production Engineering, Logistics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Balicka 116B, 30-149Kraków, Poland; School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, NorwichNR4 7TJ, United Kingdom 
Pages
75-86
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
ISSN
20831587
e-ISSN
24495999
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2020-0037
ProQuest document ID
3156005970
Copyright
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