Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 34 Issue 1

The packaging redesign issue – space exploitation and environmental benefits

Elias D. Georgakoudis, Georgia G. Pechlivanidou, Nicoleta S. Tipi

This paper seeks to analyze the concept of packaging re-design with the main purpose to better exploit the utilized space within a secondary packaging, pallet and/or to make…

Sand mining and land-based livelihood security in two selected districts in the Central Region of Ghana

Nana Amma Anokye, John Victor Mensah, Harriet Muriel Dzifa Potakey, Janet Serwah Boateng, David Wellington Essaw, Emmanuel Yamoah Tenkorang

Globally, rapid urbanisation characterised by increasing demand for housing and infrastructure needs has resulted in sand mining. In Ghana, sand mining can create or destroy the…

Socio-economic impact on the availability of basic amenities: a comparative analysis of villages of hilly states, India

Pradipta Patra, Arijit Roy, Arpita Ghosh, Parul Malik

India has taken a successful step towards meeting Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by providing access to basic amenities such as safe drinking water, waste management…

Does media exposure moderate the relationship between ownership structure and environmental disclosure quality: evidence from Jordan

Husam Ananzeh, Abdullah Bugshan, Ibrahim Amayreh

Given the increasing emphasis on environmental issues, this study attempts to offer concrete evidence on the relationship between ownership structure and environmental disclosure…

Malaysia's low-cost housing solid waste management in the era of COVID-19: the role of fourth industrial revolution technologies

Andrew Ebekozien, Mohamad Shaharudin Samsurijan, Clinton Aigbavboa, Nor Malina Malek

Studies have shown that managing household solid waste from low-cost housing in urban and sub-urban communities is challenging, especially in developing countries and COVID-19…

Sustain or perish: can environmental supply chain strategies predict sustainable performance of manufacturing firms? A third world nation's perspective

Sulemana Iddrisu

Drawing on the natural resource-based view (NRBV) and dynamic capability perspectives, the current study investigates the extent to which environmental supply chain strategies…

Relationship between environmental knowledge, environmental sensitivity, environmental attitude and environmental behavioural intention – a segmented mediation approach

Rajni Bala, Sandeep Singh, Kulwant Kumar Sharma

Environment-friendly behaviour is essential for a sustainable development. The study is an attempt to fill the research gap by analysing the mediating role of environmental…

Modelling the factors in implementation of environmental sustainability in healthcare organisations

V. Vaishnavi, M. Suresh

Environmental sustainability (ES) is an increasing tendency in the healthcare industry as it seeks to enhance the environmental friendliness and reduces waste in operations to…

Averting the “resource curse phenomenon” through government effectiveness. Evidence from Ghana's natural gas production

Opoku Adabor

The “resource curse phenomenon” has received a lot of attention from researchers; however, there has not been any sound explanation to back this phenomenon since the main reason…

A study on the influence of media use on college students' environmental protection behaviors

Yinhua Hao, Megat Al Imran Yasin, Ng Boon Sim

The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of media use on environmental protection behaviors among college students.

Analyzing the causal nexus between CO2 emissions and its determinants in India: evidences from ARDL and EKC approach

Haider Hassan Itoo, Nazim Ali

The present study is a novel attempt to measure the impact of population growth, natural resource depletion, non-renewable energy consumption, growth of national income…

The asymmetric effect of eco-innovation on the energy consumption structure: the US as a case study

Emad Kazemzadeh, Mohammad Taher Ahmadi Shadmehri, Taghi Ebrahimi Salari, Narges Salehnia, Alireza Pooya

One of the most important ways to pay attention to sustainable economic development is to invest in green technology and alter the energy consumption structure (ECS) in countries…

Is agricultural development good for carbon mitigation in India? Evidence from the asymmetric NARDL model

Shadman Zafar, Haroon Rasool, Md. Tarique

The main objective of the present study is to figure out the effect of agricultural development on environmental pollution in the Indian context over the period 1970 to 2018. The…

Understanding energy-efficiency choices through consumption values: the central role of consumer's attention and trust in environmental claims

Paul Blaise Issock Issock, Asphat Muposhi

This study examines how consumption values influence consumers' purchase intention of energy-efficient home appliances in South Africa, an emerging market. The study further…