Efficacy of anti-smoke belching ordinance in 1st district of Davao City

Abstract

The study was made to determine the anti-smoke belching ordinance in 1st District of Davao City which was then used to be the basis for intervention. Specially, this study sought to answer the anti-smoke belching ordinance in 1st district of Davao City in terms of age, and gender. This study evaluated the anti-smoke belching ordinance wherein descriptive method research design was used. The researchers requested a survey to the emission testing centers costumers and also to the drivers regarding about the anti-smoke belching ordinanceand subject for interpretation. The survey gathered was treated using the percentage and frequency count. As the survey has already interpreted there are 90.5 percent male and 9.5 percent of female. The result of the study revealed that the anti-smoke belching ordinance in Davao City is high. It also aimed to explore the significant difference of this anti-smoke belching ordinance. It was revealed that there is no significant difference when analyzed with three indicators namely: emission standard, emission testing procedure, and testing equipment and testing materials. The program uses formulated and recommended in this study with the aim to inform the public about the provision of this ordinance. Keywords: Belching, Ordinance, intervention