Is it the behavior and actions of people that determine sustainable urban communities?

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2024

Subject Area

place - asia, place - urban, policy - sustainable, policy - environment, planning - methods, planning - marketing/promotion

Keywords

public transportation, sustainable urban communities

Abstract

This study aims to provide an analytical understanding of the primary evidence for making urban centers sustainable through channelizing people's preferences, behaviors, and actions toward sustainable urban communities. The structured questionnaire is used, which includes all possible dimensions to get the response from 361 households from Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan. The Ordered Logistic Regression model is applied to analyze people's preferences, behaviors, and actions for sustainable urban communities. The results indicate that people's preferences, behavior, and actions toward water, energy conservation, and using recyclable products are likely to have a significant impact in determining urban sustainability communities. In comparison, food-related behaviors and actions are surprisingly weak in influencing urban sustainability communities. Thus, this study recommends implementing water metering, maximizing daylight use, a culture of energy-efficient buildings, and a smart public transportation system for sustainable urban communities besides awareness campaigns to influence people's preferences and behaviors.

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Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

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