Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 33 Issue 2

ICT development, governance quality and the environmental performance: avoidable thresholds from the lower and lower-middle-income countries

Mouna Amari, Khaireddine Mouakhar, Anis Jarboui

This paper aims to study the relationship between information and communication technology (ICT) readiness, use, and intensity and environmental sustainability factors in the…

Recent advances in the relationship between economic development and carbon emissions

Ziqi Yin, Xue Jin

With the rapid development of the economy, carbon emissions have also risen sharply. This study explores the relationship between the two by combining the literature of relevant…

Understanding intentions to reduce energy consumption at the workplace by the employees: case of a developing country

Amna Akhound, Aseem Majeed Rizvi, Waqar Ahmed, Muhammad Nadeem Khan

Energy-saving behavior of individuals is essential to minimize energy use and reduce the emission of toxic gases. This study's actual focus is to find out the determinants of the…

Does crude oil output aid economy boom or curse in Nigeria? An inference from “Dutch disease”

Samuel Oludimu, Adewale Andrew Alola

A reflection on some supposed oil exporting states constantly reminds of the (in) validity of the resource curse hypothesis and environmental consequences of oil exploration. In…

Exploring the indirect role of green business practices in transmitting eco-market orientation into positive organizational outcomes: an empirical study

George Kwabena Asamoah, Ebenezer Afum, Lawrence Yaw Kusi, Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah, Charles Baah

This study aims to examine whether the types of eco-market orientation (eco-proactive market orientation and eco-responsive market orientation) result in green knowledge…

Fossil fuel, industrial growth and inward FDI impact on CO2 emissions in Vietnam: testing the EKC hypothesis

Sami Ullah, Muhammad Nadeem, Kishwar Ali, Qaiser Abbas

In this paper, the authors investigate that the increasing level of fossil fuel combustion in the industrial sector has been considered the prime cause for the emissions of…

Environmental analysis for the selection of long-distance natural gas pipeline routes using MACBETH

Fahime Lotfian Delouyi, Seyed Hassan Ghodsypour, Maryam Ashrafi, Amirali Saifoddin

Reliable operation of natural gas pipeline (NGP) is a critical factor in Iran’s economic development. NGP projects go through different ecosystems and considerably affect the…

Is agricultural revitalization possible through the climate-smart agriculture: a systematic review and citation-based analysis

Mangirdas Morkunas, Tomas Balezentis

This paper seeks to identify the prevailing streams in the research of climate-smart agriculture in order to help to conceptualize this new scientific notion and assist in drawing…

Green marketing and perceived SME profitability: the meditating effect of green purchase behaviour

Albert Martins

The concept of green marketing has emerged as a panacea for reducing the negative impact of business activities on the environment. Many studies have investigated the impact of…

Circular product design: strategies, challenges and relationships with new product development

Marina Fernandes Aguiar, Jaime A. Mesa, Daniel Jugend, Marco Antonio Paula Pinheiro, Paula De Camargo Fiorini

Although product design is a fundamental element in the transition towards the circular economy, the knowledge of practices, methods and tools oriented to circular product design…

Evaluating the benefits of circular economy due to adoption of its enablers

Swapnil Lahane, Prakhar Gupta, Ravi Kant

This research aims to identify and prioritize the circular economy (CE) benefits (CEBs) due to the adoption of CE enablers (CEEs) in the Indian manufacturing organization context.

Differential impacts of the US–China trade war and the outbreak of COVID-19 on Chinese air quality

Muhammad Shahbaz, Avik Sinha, Muhammad Ibrahim Shah

Over the last couple of years, the Chinese manufacturing sector was affected by the onset of the US–China trade war and the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In…

Assessment of the European monitoring frameworks for circular economy: the case of Croatia

Jadranka Švarc, Marina Dabić, Jasminka Lažnjak

The main purpose of this research is to analyse the efficiency of the main European monitoring frameworks to estimate the transition of the countries within the European Union…

The rise and fall of the energy-carbon Kuznets curve: evidence from Africa

Olatunji Shobande, Simplice Asongu

This paper provides an analysis of the energy-carbon Kuznets curve hypothesis (CKC) using a second-generation panel methodology.

How can environment get better? A research review of pollution governance

Yuqing He, Xintian Liu, Xiaoqing Wang

This study aims to build a global environmental quality protection convention to jointly address the problems of environmental pollution governance worldwide.

Renewable energy consumption, nonrenewable energy consumption, CO2 emissions and economic growth in Vietnam

Van Cam Thi Nguyen, Hoi Quoc Le

This study intended to analyze the impact of nonrenewable energy consumption, renewable energy consumption, CO₂ emissions on per capita income growth in Vietnam in the period…

Traders' perceptions of environmental quality as tools in improving public space: a study of markets in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Amos Oluwole Taiwo, Oluwafemi Samson Fajoye

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into traders' perceptions of and responses to environmental quality in markets of Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

The promising applications of nanoparticles for synthetic dyes removal from wastewater: recent review

Tanmay Ilame, Arpita Ghosh

Water is a vital natural resource without which life on earth would be impossible. Properties of synthetic dyes like high stability and noxious nature make it difficult to remove…

Alternatives to solve SDG trade-offs and to enforce SDG synergies: a systematic literature review

Andrei Boar, Erola Palau Pinyana, Marc Oliveras-Villanueva

This paper takes a critical view of synergies and trade-offs and discloses the practices that countries and companies should apply to achieve sustainable development.

Investigating the validity of the agricultural-induced environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis for Ghana: evidence from an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach with a structural break

Gideon Ntim-Amo, Yin Qi, Ernest Ankrah-Kwarko, Martinson Ankrah Twumasi, Stephen Ansah, Linda Boateng Kissiwa, Ran Ruiping

The purpose of this research is to examine the validity of the agriculture-induced environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis with evidence from an autoregressive distributed…

Does agricultural development affect environmental quality? The case of carbon dioxide emission in Ghana

Paul Adjei Kwakwa, Vera Acheampong, Solomon Aboagye

Agricultural development still constitutes an integral part of Ghana's drive towards job creation, industrial development and economic growth with various growth policies placing…

Sustainable waste management in the Indonesian medical and health-care industry: technological performance on environmental impacts and occupational safety

Ming Lang Tseng, Viqi Ardaniah, Tat-Dat Bui, Jiun-Wei Tseng (Aaron), Ming K. Lim, Mohd Helmi Ali

Sustainable waste management (SWM) leads to human safety by eliminating dangerous substances, increasing cost efficiency and reducing environmental impacts. Integrating social…