Adabre, M A; Chan, A P C and Edwards, D J (2023) Modeling relationship between success factors (policies) and critical success criteria (goals) for sustainable housing in developing countries. International Journal of Construction Management, 23(10), pp. 1642-1652. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
Policymakers worldwide seek to adopt sustainable housing strategies/policies to achieve sustainable development in cities and beyond. Securing such policies is more exigent in most developing economies especially in sub-Saharan Africa, considering rampant urbanization, frequent power outages, the housing unaffordability crisis and a proliferation of slum in cities. However, empirical studies on investigating the impact of policies on goals for sustainable housing are sparse. This study models the relationship between success factors and critical success criteria for sustainable housing development in Ghanaian cities. A positivist philosophical stance and deductive reasoning were adopted to conduct deterministic modelling of primary questionnaire data collected via a cross-sectional time horizon. Questionnaire data was garnered from respondents employed by regulated institutions responsible for the Ghanaian housing market. Subsequent analysis utilized partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings revealed that 'developers enabling' factors and 'mixed-use development' factors had significant impacts on sustainable housing. 'Household-enabling' factors, though not significant, have high performance/index value on sustainable housing. Aside their insignificant impact, land-use planning factors had low-performance value. Essentially, while pointing out the crucial factors for sustainable housing, the findings also caution policymakers on possible counterproductive policies and serve to engender wider polemic debate and discussion.Highlights Developers' enabling success factors have a significant impact on sustainable housing. Mixed-use development success factors also have a significant impact on sustainable housing. Households' enabling' success factors could have rebound effects on sustainable housing. Land-use planning success factors do not have a significant impact on sustainable housing. The findings caution policy-makers on possible inefficient and counterproductive policies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | critical success factors; model; success criteria; sustainable housing |
| Index terms: | housing, modelling, questionnaire, partial least square, land, developing country, reasoning, developing economy, strategy, sustainable development, household, success criteria, empirical study, success factor, rebound effect, structural equation modelling, slum, critical success factor, sustainable housing, Sub-Saharan Africa, urbanization |
| Subjects: | data collection methods, cognitive psychology, real estate economics, development economics, management, housing and residential development, health safety and environment, health monitoring assessment and metrics, assessment methods, control systems, construction type, analytical methods, statistical analysis, urban design, urban planning, research methods, economic analysis, economic development, demography, physical geography and landforms |
| Topics: | Construction Technology, International Construction, Engineering Principles, Urban Studies, Health and Safety, Project Management, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Governance, Geographical Context |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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