ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Environmental Education: A Correlational Study
among Environmental Literacy, Disaster
Knowledge, Environmental Sensitivity,
and Clean-Living Behavior of Post Tsunami
Disaster in Aceh Communities, Indonesia
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Department of Civic Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Kopelma, Darussalam, Banda Aceh, Aceh 23111, Indonesia
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Department of Civic Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Jawa Barat 40154, Indonesia
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Center of Disaster Studies, Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh, Aceh, 23111, Indonesia
Submission date: 2021-05-08
Final revision date: 2021-06-15
Acceptance date: 2021-06-24
Online publication date: 2021-11-23
Publication date: 2021-12-23
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(1):411-425
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This research aims to determine the correlation between literacy, disaster knowledge, and
environmental sensitivity towards clean living behavior of communities in disaster-prone areas. The data
was collected through questionnaires and analyzed by statistical software. 385 respondents from three
different regions, coastal, urban, and inland took part as respondents. The results indicated that more
than half of the people have a very high attitude towards cleanliness (%) 63.10, environmental literacy
61, and environmental sensitivity 52.70. but less than half respondents 45.50% had good knowledge
about disaster. Environmental education variables have marginal homogeneity between environmental
literacy and disaster knowledge (49%), disaster knowledge with environmental sensitivity (28%),
and environmental sensitivity with clean living behavior (23%). There are no significant differences
in coastal, urban, and inland communities’ attitudes towards environmental literacy, environmental
sensitivity, and disaster knowledge. However, the perspective of clean-living behavior was significantly
different between the three areas. The people aged 46-65 years have a better clean-living behavior and
disaster knowledge. Based on gender, the male group had a better knowledge of clean-living behavior,
environmental literacy, and disaster knowledge, while the female group had a better environmental
sensitivity. The research revealed that there is a common understanding of environmental literacy,
environmental sensitivity, and disaster knowledge in coastal, urban, and inland communities. The results also indicated that people in cities have a better understanding of clean living compared to rural
and coastal communities.