Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 29 Issue 5

Factors influencing green purchase behavior of millennials in India

Richa Chaudhary, Samrat Bisai

Building on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), the purpose of this paper is to understand the green buying behavior of educated millennials in India. The study also attempts to…

An analysis of medical waste management practices in the health care sector in Colombo

Kennedy Degaulle Gunawardana

The purpose of this paper is to identify the type of waste generation and the management of waste in order to reduce pollution in the health care sector with special reference to…

Sustainability assessment of gas based power generation using a life cycle assessment approach: A case study from India

Binita Shah, Seema Unnikrishnan

India is a developing economy along with an increasing population estimated to be the largest populated country in about seven years. Simultaneously, its power consumption is…

Gender and water management in Mexico

Jorge Alejandro Silva Rodríguez de San Miguel

The purpose of this paper is to survey water-governance issues impacting women in Mexico and steps that have been taken to rectify the issues, including factors that impact the…

Improving urban water supply in Mexico: a systematic review

Jorge Alejandro Silva Rodríguez de San Miguel, Mara Maricela Trujillo Flores, Fernando Lambarry-Vilchis

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the measures taken by both the federal government of Mexico and its municipalities in relation to the country’s urban water supply and its…

Resilience, adaptation and expected support for food security among the Malaysian east coast poor households

Md. Mahmudul Alam, Abu N.M. Wahid, Chamhuri Siwar

Sustainable food security at the household level is one of the emerging issues for all nations. It is expected that the patterns of household resilience factors and adaptation…

Household waste impacts on physicochemical variables in Port Harcourt

Johnbosco Emeka Umunnakwe, Ikem Ekweozor, Kelechi Thankgod Ezirim

The purpose of this paper is to show impacts of household wastes handling on some physicochemical parameters of surface water, soil, sediments and borehole water samples in Port…

Drinking water management description in Mexico

Jorge Alejandro Silva Rodríguez de San Miguel, Mara Maricela Trujillo Flores, Fernando Lambarry-Vilchis

The purpose of this paper is to describe drinking water management in the 31 states and the capital of Mexico, its municipalities and the most populated boroughs.

Implementation of green supplier development process model in Indian automobile industry

Shivangi Viral Thakker, Santosh B. Rane

The purpose of this paper is to develop a green supplier development (GSD) process model and validate the model with a case study in Indian automobile industry.

A qualitative study on electricity energy-saving behaviour

Michael Sony, Nandakumar Mekoth

There is an unresolved paradox concerning electricity energy-saving behaviour. On one hand, there are many studies on energy-saving behaviours and on the other hand, recent…

Comparison of static and dynamic shading systems for office building energy consumption and cooling load assessment

Francesco De Luca, Hendrik Voll, Martin Thalfeldt

Exterior shading devices and dynamic shading systems constitute an efficient way to improve energy efficiency and occupants’ comfort in buildings through the reduction of direct…