Construction Waste Reduction Awareness: Action Research

Autor/inn/en	Omeje, Hyginus Osita; Okereke, Godwin Keres; Chukwu, Daniel Uchenna
Titel	Construction Waste Reduction Awareness: Action Research
Quelle	In: Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 22 (2020) 1, S.66-83 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1691-4147
Schlagwörter	Conservation (Environment); Consciousness Raising; Sustainable Development; Construction Materials; Environmental Education; Foreign Countries; College Students; Storage; Purchasing; Change Agents; Action Research; Sanitation; Construction Industry; Construction Management; Building Trades; Trade and Industrial Education; Educational Attainment; Gender Differences; Qualifications; Predictor Variables; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Bewusstseinsbildung; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Baumaterial; Konstruktionsmittel; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Ausland; Collegestudent; Speicherung; Beschaffungswesen; Kauf; Projektforschung; Betriebshygiene; Baugewerbe; Building trade; Bauwesen; Gewerblich-industrielle Ausbildung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Geschlechterkonflikt; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Prädiktor
Abstract	The study focused on construction waste reduction awareness as a step within Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The method of collaborative action research was used with a questionnaire as an instrument. Data collected from 61 participants were analyzed using descriptive statistics (percentage, mean, and t-test) and multiple regressions. Results revealed that there were graduates of different degree levels and non-graduates working at the construction sites, where 4.9% and 27.9% had PhD and Master degrees, respectively. Improper material storage was agreed to be the main cause of construction waste, while the most effective reduction measure was applying source reduction through the calculated procurement. Multiple regressions revealed that awareness was significantly positively predicted by gender, qualification and status. However, both cause and reduction of construction waste were noted to be human related, thereby necessitating a campaign against construction waste at various sites, with the aim of raising motivated and inspired change agents. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01