TY - GEN
T1 - Drivers of Circular Economy Adoption in the South African Construction Industry
AU - Otasowie, O. K.
AU - Aigbavboa, C.
AU - Adekunle, P.
AU - Oke, A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The take-make-dispose approach, which is linear in nature, still drives the building sector. A change in thinking is necessary because of the relatively considerable negative environmental effects of this approach. If the principles are followed in the sector, circular economy (CE) has been viewed as a strategy that might result in ecologically sustainable development. However, as a significant approach in emerging economies development, it is expedient the driving forces of the CE approach are recognized and comprehended. Hence, this study examines the drivers of circular economy adoption in the South African (SA) construction industry. A survey method was selected. Ninety (90) of the one hundred and thirty-five (135) questionnaires that were sent to construction industry professionals in Guateng Province, South Africa, were returned and deemed appropriate for study. One-sample t-tests, Kruskal–Wallis, standard deviation, percentage, and mean item scores were used to analyze the collected data. The findings reveal the significant drivers of CE in SA construction industry which are regulations and policies on CE, incentives to customers, Stakeholders’ pressure and enabling infrastructure. This finding could inform construction stakeholders in the country on the drivers of CE and these highlighted drivers must motivate relevant parties to take considerable action on them in order for the SA construction sector to profit from this crucial strategy.
AB - The take-make-dispose approach, which is linear in nature, still drives the building sector. A change in thinking is necessary because of the relatively considerable negative environmental effects of this approach. If the principles are followed in the sector, circular economy (CE) has been viewed as a strategy that might result in ecologically sustainable development. However, as a significant approach in emerging economies development, it is expedient the driving forces of the CE approach are recognized and comprehended. Hence, this study examines the drivers of circular economy adoption in the South African (SA) construction industry. A survey method was selected. Ninety (90) of the one hundred and thirty-five (135) questionnaires that were sent to construction industry professionals in Guateng Province, South Africa, were returned and deemed appropriate for study. One-sample t-tests, Kruskal–Wallis, standard deviation, percentage, and mean item scores were used to analyze the collected data. The findings reveal the significant drivers of CE in SA construction industry which are regulations and policies on CE, incentives to customers, Stakeholders’ pressure and enabling infrastructure. This finding could inform construction stakeholders in the country on the drivers of CE and these highlighted drivers must motivate relevant parties to take considerable action on them in order for the SA construction sector to profit from this crucial strategy.
KW - Circular economy
KW - Construction industry
KW - Drivers
KW - South African
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-99-7965-3_18
DO - 10.1007/978-981-99-7965-3_18
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85189510046
SN - 9789819979646
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 197
EP - 205
BT - Towards a Carbon Neutral Future - The Proceedings of The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Buildings and Structures
A2 - Papadikis, Konstantinos
A2 - Zhang, Cheng
A2 - Tang, Shu
A2 - Liu, Engui
A2 - Di Sarno, Luigi
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Buildings and Structures, ICSBS 2023
Y2 - 17 August 2023 through 20 August 2023
ER -
