Identification of factors influencing the pricing of sustainable construction materials in developing countries: views of Ghanaian quantity surveyors

Kissi, Ernest; Samuel, Asare Senyah; Agyemang, Daniel Yamoah; Oteng, Daniel; Debrah, Caleb

doi:10.1080/15623599.2020.1768462

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“…One Sample t-test is a statistical procedure used to examine the mean difference between the sample and the known value of the population mean. The one sample t-test is used to establish the relative significance of the variables (Ross and Willson, 2017;Owusu-Manu et al, 2018;Kissi et al, 2020a). In agreement with Ahadzie (2007) and Ross and Willson (2017), the one-sample t-test reported the degrees of freedom for the test (an approximate of the sample size), the test value (the strength of the test), and the p-value (probability of the test being significant).…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Owusu-Manu et al (2019) and Kissi et al (2020a) where two or more variables have the same RII, the variable with the highest mean is ranked higher. Moreover, where two or more variables have the same mean, the one with the lowest standard deviation is given the precedence in terms of ranking.…”

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“…The p-value is the probability that the random variables takes on values that a farther away from the mean assuming the null hypothesis is true. Thus, the p-value was used to determine whether or not to reject the null hypothesis (Massey and Miller, 2006;Kissi et al, 2020a). Impliedly, the null hypothesis was not rejected once the p-value is less than 0.05 in using one sample T-test (Ross and Willson, 2017;Owusu-Manu et al, 2018).…”

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Barriers to green cities development in developing countries: evidence from Ghana

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PurposeOf late, cities across the globe are taking pragmatic steps towards addressing environmental, social and economic problems in the debate on sustainable development. Even so, little attention has been paid to studies focused on developing countries. The aim of this study is to examine the barriers to green cities development in developing countries.Design/methodology/approachA comprehensive literature review was conducted to examine the barriers to green cities development. In terms of methodological choice, a quantitative research strategy was used to collect data from professionals who have lines of influence on the greening of our cities and sustainable urban development.FindingsThe barriers to green city development identified were lack of awareness of the benefits of a green city, environmental degradation, insufficient policy implementation efforts, excessive generation of solid waste and poor wastewater collection and treatment. It was indicative from the study findings that taking the right sustainable steps in urban development and a paradigm shift towards the pillars of sustainability, Ghanaian cities, especially Kumasi, have a great proclivity of regaining its longstanding status being “Garden City”.Practical implicationsThe outcome of this study provides stakeholders in city development an insight into the barriers that inhibit the development of green cities. In practice, this study contributively proposes that the concept of green cities should be incorporated in the education and training of stakeholders to improve the level of awareness.Originality/valueThis paper presents the foremost comprehensive study appraising green city development in Ghana.

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Barriers to green cities development in developing countries: evidence from Ghana

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“…According to Dalirazar and Sabzi (2020), regular education, awareness and training programs for all stakeholders, to improve their skills and knowledge about new technologies and materials is an effective solution which could be used to tackle the mentioned problems. Ernest et al (2020) also recommended that professionals in the built environment need to be fully acquainted with sustainable construction principles through continuous professional developments such as; seminars, refresher courses and workshops. Furthermore, more research and education towards the sustainable building technologies, educational programs for developers, contractors, and policy makers related to sustainable building technologies are important strategies to promote the adoption of sustainable buildings (Darko, Chan, Ameyaw, et al 2017).…”

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“…Social factors are also factors that emphasize on improvements in quality of life, culture, health and education and the living environment (Patil & Patil, 2017). Also, Corporate Social Responsibility, preservation of traditions, commitment to ethical standards, technological transfer (Ernest et al, 2020) and social welfare (Dong et al, 2019) are considered as social factors. According to Menassa and Baer (2014), social factors are factors acknowledging the needs and interests of other parties such as community groups, educational institutions, the workforce, public, and future generations in order to reinforce the network of relationships that ties them all together and social concerns include labor practices, community impacts, product responsibility, and human values.…”

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Barriers to sustainable development: Critical social factors influencing the sustainable building development based on Swedish experts' perspectives

Dalirazar

Sabzi

2022

Sustainable Development

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Sustainable construction plays a major role in sustainable development. However, the investment rate in sustainable buildings has decreased in recent years. Considering that social factors are one of the important factors influencing the sustainable building development, this paper highlighted the most impactful social factors affecting the sustainable building development based on the opinions of the industry experts from Sweden. Therefore, social challenges and barriers to sustainable building development were investigated using research methods of literature review, questionnaire survey, and statistical analysis using SPSS software. Eventually, after ranking and analyzing the social barriers from the perspectives of the construction industry practitioners from Sweden, possible measures were suggested accordingly.Findings showed that the most important social factors affecting the sustainable building development in Sweden were, "poor communication and lack of common understanding and interests among designers, contractors and project stakeholders," "resistance to change from conventional to sustainable buildings' and "lack of demand for sustainable buildings," respectively. As a result, effective communication management and information sharing and use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for enhancing communication and collaboration between stakeholders; government support; more incentives and environmental policy; in addition to more education and awareness regarding the benefits of sustainable buildings and stakeholder engagement at early stages of the project for alignment of goals and creating common understanding and interests were suggested as effective measures in reducing these barriers and for further adoption of sustainable buildings.

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Life Cycle Assessment of Construction and Demolition Waste: A Case Study of Recycled Aggregate Products in Australia

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Silvestri

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Circular Economy for Buildings and Infrastructure

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Identification of factors influencing the pricing of sustainable construction materials in developing countries: views of Ghanaian quantity surveyors

Cited by 5 publications

References 25 publications

Barriers to green cities development in developing countries: evidence from Ghana

Barriers to green cities development in developing countries: evidence from Ghana

Barriers to sustainable development: Critical social factors influencing the sustainable building development based on Swedish experts' perspectives

Life Cycle Assessment of Construction and Demolition Waste: A Case Study of Recycled Aggregate Products in Australia

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