Bamgbade, J A; Fung, E S; Moshood, T D; Kamaruddeen, A M and Liew, S (2023) The dynamics of ecological sustainability in housing delivery: Developers' perspectives. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 19(2), pp. 183-199. ISSN 1745-2007
Abstract
Housing delivery is facing substantial environmental sustainability threats. Consequently, the housing industry is constantly adopting broad-based actions to sustain the environment and make delivery more efficient and risk-averse. Such regulatory models are sometimes targeted at the housing developers' readiness, the dimensions of market volatility, technology, and the firm's resources. These variables are more profound within an emerging economic context such as Malaysia, and previous research investigating sustainability agenda in housing delivery has neglected their impacts within the housing developer's perspective. This study tested regional-scale hypotheses regarding predictors of ecological sustainability across the state of Sarawak Malaysia. It was hypothesised that the critical dynamics of technology, developer's readiness, resources, regulatory framework, market turbulence, and uncertainty would increase the likelihood of cumulative environmental sustainability in housing delivery. A sample of 221 Housing developers registered under the Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers' Association and allied professionals were sent a self-report online survey instrument, and 144 completed questionnaires were returned, indicating a 65 per cent response rate. Subsequently, SPSS and SmartPLS were used for data analysis. SPSS was used for data screening, while SmartPLS was used to assess the measurement and structural models. Structural equation models show that improved technology, developer's readiness, and regulatory apparatus are the better correlated with environmental sustainability performance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building and real estate; ecological sustainability; housing developers; regulation and governance; technology management |
| Index terms: | Malaysia, technology management, governance, data analysis, housing delivery, screening, survey, turbulence, real estate, dynamics, regulation, structural equation model, questionnaire, dimension, housing developer, housing, environmental sustainability |
| Subjects: | management, health safety and environment, Geography, housing and residential development, sociology, statistical analysis, systems engineering, political science, data collection methods, construction type, business, innovation studies, real estate economics, data analysis and analytics, fluid mechanics, health monitoring assessment and metrics |
| Topics: | Construction Technology, Governance, Stakeholder Management, Geographical Context, Research Practice, Engineering Principles, Business Strategy, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Urban Studies |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCEA |
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