Fatemeh Pariafsai

Green economy (GE) is an important sustainable model that supports green practices and the achievement of sustainable development goals in the construction industry. However, the full-scale benefits of GE adoption in construction activities are short-lived by interconnected barriers in many developing economies such as Ghana. In particular, the transition to GE construction practices has been noted to hold a promising spot but it is undone by numerous challenges. Thus, this study aims to analyze the barriers to green economy implementation in the construction industry in Ghana. The source of the data was construction stakeholders using questionnaires. The data were analyzed with fuzzy synthetic evaluation to establish the critical barriers. The analysis revealed three key components of barriers including inadequate regulations, technological gaps and poor practice frameworks to GE. The principal implications of the article are twofold. First, the clusters of barriers offer understanding and a guide to construction practitioners towards developing measures to overcome the major challenges to GE integration into construction works. Second, the study presents relevant outputs which deepen knowledge on GE in construction literature and provide essential areas for further studies.

Green economy is an important sustainable model that supports green practices and the achievement of sustainable development goals in the construction industry. However, the full-scale benefits of GE adoption in construction activities are short-lived by interconnected barriers in many developing economies such as Ghana. In particular, the transition to GE construction practices has been noted to hold a promising spot but it is undone by numerous challenges. Thus, this study aims at analyzing the barriers to green economy implementation in the construction industry in Ghana. The source of data was construction stakeholders using questionnaires. The data was analyzed with fuzzy synthetic evaluation to establish the critical barriers. The analysis revealed three key components of barriers including inadequate regulations, technological gap and poor practice framework on GE. The principal implications of the article are twofold. First, the clusters of barriers offer understanding and a guide to construction practitioners towards developing measures to overcome the major challenges on GE integration into construction works. Second, the study presents relevant outputs which deepen knowledge on GE in construction literature and provide essential areas for further studies.