Environmental Quality Model to Have Sustainable Environment
Desy Safitri (a*), Arita Marini (b), Sri Nuraini (c), Taufik Rihatno (c), Budiaman (a), Nurzengky Ibrahim (a)

a) Faculty of Social Science, Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Jalan Rawamangun Muka No: 1, Jakarta Timur, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia
*desysafitri[at]unj.ac.id
b) Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Jakarta Jalan Rawamangun Muka No: 1 Jakarta Timur, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia
c) Faculty of Sport Science, Universitas Negeri Jakarta Jalan Rawamangun Muka No: 1 Jakarta Timur, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

The aim of this study is to propose environmental quality model in order to have sustainable environment. This survey study distributed the questionnaires to 375 persons of local community in Jakarta in Indonesia using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The research found that model suggested was good fit for the data. The study result presents that socio-economic domain have significant positive association with of environmental quality. However, the positive associations between ecological domain and meteorological domain was not confirmed in this study. The use intensity of water resources and food production have significant positive association with ecological domain. However, the relationship between waste management and ecological domain was not supported in this study. Air pollutant, water pollution, and earth temperature have significant positive connection with meteorological domain. Water shortages, human health problems, and community environmental awareness have significantly positive relationship with socio-economic domain. It can be concluded that environmental quality model hypothesized can be used for local community in Jakarta in Indonesia in order to have sustainable environment.

Keywords: Environmental Quality Model; Sustainable Environment; Socio-Economic Domain

Topic: Environmental Engineering