Influence of pro-environmental behaviour towards the implementation of construction and demolition waste management

IF 3 4区环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management Pub Date : 2025-04-28 DOI:10.1007/s10163-025-02223-6

Rema Rajendran, Nagarajan Shanmugavel

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Researchers worldwide have employed a varied array of sources to evaluate the successful management of construction and demolition waste. However, limited research has been undertaken in the behaviour of construction engineers towards the implementation of construction and demolition waste management despite the mounting multipronged detrimental impacts that subsequently leave a large gap amidst the availability of effective management techniques. This study unified the constructs namely the knowledge of construction and demolition waste management planning, knowledge about recycling, knowledge about effects of construction and demolition waste management, challenges in managing construction and demolition waste and legal awareness of construction and demolition waste management to predict the intention to implement construction and demolition waste management. A sample size consisting of 401 construction engineers were selected for the study. The data were analysed with the use of two-stage structural equation modelling. Further, the moderation effect of environmental responsibility and environmental concern on the intention to implement construction and demolition management was estimated using multiple regression analyses individually. The results of the present study offers theoretical and practical implications that assuages the negative impacts of construction and demolition waste.

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环保行为对实施建筑及拆卸废物管理的影响

世界各地的研究人员采用各种来源来评估建筑和拆除废物的成功管理。然而，对建筑工程师在实施建筑和拆除废物管理方面的行为进行了有限的研究，尽管越来越多的多管齐下的有害影响随后在有效管理技术的可用性之间留下了很大的差距。本研究将建筑与拆迁垃圾管理规划知识、回收利用知识、建筑与拆迁垃圾管理效果知识、建筑与拆迁垃圾管理面临的挑战以及建筑与拆迁垃圾管理的法律意识这四个方面结合起来，预测建筑与拆迁垃圾管理的实施意愿。本研究选取了401名建筑工程师作为样本。使用两阶段结构方程模型对数据进行了分析。此外，利用多元回归分析分别评估环境责任和环境关注对实施建拆管理意愿的调节作用。本研究的结果为减轻建筑和拆除废物的负面影响提供了理论和实践意义。

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Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

5.30

自引率

16.10%

发文量

205

审稿时长

4.8 months

期刊介绍： The Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management has a twofold focus: research in technical, political, and environmental problems of material cycles and waste management; and information that contributes to the development of an interdisciplinary science of material cycles and waste management. Its aim is to develop solutions and prescriptions for material cycles. The journal publishes original articles, reviews, and invited papers from a wide range of disciplines related to material cycles and waste management. The journal is published in cooperation with the Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management (JSMCWM) and the Korea Society of Waste Management (KSWM).