Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 33 Issue 6

Assessing behavioral intentions of solar energy usage through value-belief-norm theory

Muhammad Awais, Tayyba Fatima, Tahir Mumtaz Awan

This study aims to investigate people pro-environmental behavior toward solar energy in Pakistan. Solar energy is perceived as environment friendly because it does not need any…

Boosting ecological food consumption behavior among millennials: role of health consciousness, perceived consumer effectiveness and ethical self-identity

Sanjida Amin, Md Touhiduzzaman Tarun

The aim of the current study is to examine the effect of health consciousness, perceived consumer effectiveness and ethical self-identity on customers green purchase intention and…

The reasons for visiting urban parks: a case study in Greece

George E. Halkos, Aikaterini Leonti, Eleni Sardianou

The purpose of this study is to identify the reasons for visiting the urban park Antonis Tritsis in Athens, Greece, focusing on visitors’ motives and perceived characteristics of…

Understanding the socio-economic and environmental impacts of Ghana's change in economic status on the upstream cocoa supply chain

John Kwesi Buor

Change in the economic status of a low-income country is accompanied by an expected increase in investment and economic activities along with land degradation and biodiversity…

A framework to assess environmental sustainability of expressway projects in Sri Lanka

Pamila Wijewantha, Udayangani Kulatunga

Infrastructure projects play a significant role in community development. Infrastructure consists of many subcategories such as roads, bridges, railways, airports, communication…

The role of tourism development in India's environmental degradation: evidence from ARDL and wavelet coherence approaches

Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath, Mantu Kumar Mahalik, K. Mohamed Ismail Yasar Arafath

This empirical study explores the role of tourism development (TD) in India's environmental degradation. Since sustainable eco-tourism is essential for India, whose long-term…

Intention and behavior towards bringing your own shopping bags when shopping instead of using plastic bags in Vietnam: an investigation using the theory of interpersonal behavior

Thi Phuong Linh Nguyen, Nhat Minh Tran, Thi Thanh Hoa Phan, Trong Nghia Vu, Manh Linh Tran, Thi Dao Nguyen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors affecting Vietnamese consumers' intention and behavior towards “bringing your own shopping bags” (BYOB) instead of using…

The impact of the Compact with Africa initiative on foreign direct investments and environmental pollution

Emmanuel Duodu, Eric Fosu Oteng-Abayie, Prince Boakye Frimpong, Paul Owusu Takyi

This study is motivated by the Compact with Africa (CWA) initiative to promote foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa. However, FDI is argued to be one of the primary causes of…

A grey-based framework for circular supply chain management: a forward step towards sustainability

Shahbaz Khan, Abid Haleem, Mohd Imran Khan

Circular supply chain management (CSCM) has the potential to compensate for the drawbacks of the linear supply chain model. Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify…

Awareness and adaptations to climate change among the rural farmers in different agro-ecological zones of Tanzania

Msafiri Yusuph Mkonda

This paper generally aimed to evaluate the knowledge of rural farmers towards climate change (CC) and their adaptation practices as a way of reducing the vulnerability in…

Life cycle assessment and relations with triple bottom line in meat production: a systematic approach about cleaner production

Queli Regina Fritsch Denes, Rosana de Cassia de Souza Schneider, Liane Mahlmann Kipper

The objective of the present research was to carry out a scientific map about life cycle assessment (LCA) and triple bottom line (TBL) at slaughterhouse areas, looking for Cleaner…

Environmental performance and environmental disclosure relationship: the moderating effects of environmental cost disclosure in emerging Asian countries

Luluk Muhimatul Ifada, Norman Mohd Saleh

This paper aims to analyze the effect of environmental performance (EP) on environmental disclosure (ED) and determine whether environmental costs (ECs) moderate this…

Assessing the relative significance of benefits of clean development mechanism: an evidence from India

Bhaskar Shandilya, Pushpesh Pant, V.B. Gupta, Sandeep Singh, Prashant Salwan

The purpose of this paper is to identify critical Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) benefits and assess their relative significance in the context of developing economies (e.g…

Future of sharing economy and its resilience post pandemic: a study on Indian travel and tourism industry

Sanjana Mondal, Kaushik Samaddar

Taking a retrospective view, the present study aims to investigate the resilience of shared facilities (accommodation) across India in the post-pandemic period. More specifically…

Analyzing the challenges of e-waste management practices in India during COVID-19

Vibha Trivedi, Krishan Kumar Pandey, Ashish Trivedi

This paper is aimed at analyzing the inter-contextual relationships among the factors that led to inadequate management of electronic and electrical waste (WEEE) during COVID-19…