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The Moderating Role of the Residents’ Education Level in the Realization of Green Cities

The Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies

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Title The Moderating Role of the Residents’ Education Level in the Realization of Green Cities
 
Creator Abdul Latif, Saripah
Bidin, Yeop Hussin
Awang, Zainudin
 
Subject Green cities; Attitudes towards recycling; Subjective norms; Education level
 
Description The design of a green city integrates with the intention of creating a habitat for people dedicated to the minimization of waste output and pollution. This research aims to determine the moderating effect of the residents’ education level on their intention to recycle. Data collected from a survey on 255 residents in Kuala Lumpur city was analyzed using structural equation modeling. The findings indicate that the realization of green cities is affected by both attitudes towards recycling and subjective norms, which are then moderated by the level of education of the residents.Keywords: Green cities; Attitudes towards recycling; Subjective norms; Education leveleISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
 
Publisher e-International Publishing House (e-IPH) Ltd., UK
 
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Date 2018-03-13
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://ajbes.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajbes/article/view/92
10.21834/ajbes.v3i10.92
 
Source Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies; Vol 3, No 10 (2018): Mar / Apr; 175-182
2398-4295
10.21834/ajbes.v3i10
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://ajbes.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajbes/article/view/92/pdf
 
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