TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of environmental budget on environmental and human development qualities
T2 - Empirical evidence from local governments of Indonesia
AU - Fontanella, Amy
AU - Gani, Lindawati
AU - Djakman, Chaerul Djusman
AU - Wahyuni, Trisacti
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their gratitude to Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education for the research grant that enabled this study to complete. The authors would also like to thank the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia for avaling us the opportunity to gather the required information for this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Governments are obliged to allocate sufficient budget to protect environmental and human development qualities. This study, conducted on Indonesian local governments, investigated the impact of the environmental budget on environmental and human development qualities. Using Geospatial Information System (GIS) in acquiring the number of degradation land degradation as a proxy for environmental quality, we documented positive relationships between the environmental budget and the quality of the environment. Local government that allocated more budget on the environment protection and management program tended to have better quality of the environment compared to other areas. Furthermore, there was a positive relationship between the environmental quality and human development quality. A healthy and good quality of environment could have an impact on the community’s ability to access education, health, and better economic prosperity. Finally, we found that the environmental quality affected indirectly the relationship between the environmental budget and the quality of human development. The results of this study indicate the important roles of the environmental budget to improve environmental quality and the quality of human development in Indonesia.
AB - Governments are obliged to allocate sufficient budget to protect environmental and human development qualities. This study, conducted on Indonesian local governments, investigated the impact of the environmental budget on environmental and human development qualities. Using Geospatial Information System (GIS) in acquiring the number of degradation land degradation as a proxy for environmental quality, we documented positive relationships between the environmental budget and the quality of the environment. Local government that allocated more budget on the environment protection and management program tended to have better quality of the environment compared to other areas. Furthermore, there was a positive relationship between the environmental quality and human development quality. A healthy and good quality of environment could have an impact on the community’s ability to access education, health, and better economic prosperity. Finally, we found that the environmental quality affected indirectly the relationship between the environmental budget and the quality of human development. The results of this study indicate the important roles of the environmental budget to improve environmental quality and the quality of human development in Indonesia.
KW - Environmental budget
KW - Environmental quality
KW - Human development quality
KW - Local government
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85076817399
SN - 0128-7702
VL - 27
SP - 2813
EP - 2827
JO - Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
JF - Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
IS - 4
ER -