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  • Deterioration of the life quality of the Koper's inhabitants as a result of the Port's ships' activities [Elektronski vir] : the SEM modeling study of social irresponsibility
    Mulej, Matjaž ; Dragan, Dejan
    The paper addresses the deterioration of the quality of life of the Koper's inhabitants as a result of the ships' noise and emissions in the Port of Koper while maneuvering. This is a typical case of ... the social irresponsibility of some organization that badly affects citizens. The main idea of the research and the conceptual, causal model are introduced to reveal the interrelations among significant latent factors. The latter are indirectly measured via the indicator variables such as historical cargo throughputs, noise and emissions measurements, and time -dependent number of medically defected people. The questionnaire -based ordinal variables that reflect the perception of inhabitants' life quality deterioration are also included as indicators. The Factor analysis and Structural Equation Modelling can be conducted to disclose the impact of the negative effects of Ports' activities on the inhabitants' health, as well as the deteriorated overall quality of life. Based on the analysis' results, the Koper Municipality authorities might have got a strong scientific argument to take appropriate measures to protect their own citizens against the socially irresponsible behavior of the addressed port.
    Vrsta gradiva - prispevek na konferenci
    Leto - 2018
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 512933181