DETERMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS LEVEL ON GLOBAL WARMING (A CASE STUDY IN ISPARTA PROVINCE OF TURKEY)

Global warming is one of the most important environmental problems in whole the world because of its many effects such as on temperature, drought and floods. So, results of the present and future studies will play important role in solution of the problem. In this context, a questionnaire included demographics, socio - economic and knowledge about global warming of individuals was conducted with 400 voluntarily individuals selected between end of 2016 and beginning of 2017 to determine the knowledge levels a n d awareness of people on global warming to contribute solution of the problem. Results of the present study showed that 94% of individuals had knowledge about global warming based on data analysis. Individuals come to mind first in terms of global warming of melting of glaciers (20%) and climate/seasonal changes (21%)