Level of funding, monitoring and evaluation and stakeholder involvement were assessed. To develop sustainable programs, insight in the factors influencing sustainability is essential. Key factors of sustainability in project management. It is represented as a matrix and checklist which encourages consideration of social, economic, and environmental issues in projects. They help policy makers, opinion leaders and funders decide whether and how to get on board. Factors affecting sustainability of community food security projects in kiambu county, kenya. Factors that affect sustainable construction waste management. Environmental factors are all those factors surrounding the project that are external to the company and that may affect the project either negatively or positively, and as such, environmental factors are not necessarily risks. Factors affecting social sustainability in highway projects. The theory of sustainability came to public attention after a 1972 report, limits to growth, issued by the international think tank club of rome ageyman, 2005. Although project sustainability requires much more than funding, having a stable funding source to support your work is one of the most important factors for sustainability. Access to water is key in promoting resilience and livelihoods in arid and semiarid lands.
Sustainability free fulltext factors affecting the. The framework integrates sustainability factors into the project lifecycle. Pdf factors affecting environmental, economic and social. A research project submitted to the school of business, kenyatta. A regression analysis is used to determine the factors that affect efficiency, severity of implementation delay process efficiency and sustainability of a development project. Pdf factors affecting the sustainability of a community.
Factors affecting sustainability of food the masaai community in kajiado county. Factors influencing the sustainability of community based programs. With the indigenous knowledge and technical knowhow on water points construction, administration, operation and maintenance fading at the emergence of free. Together, the panels of experts, selected from the related fields, were always prompt to cooperate with the strategies upon request. Thus, we can consider environmental factors as all the conditions that are beyond the direct control of the project team and that influence positively or negatively on the project. Community wealth partners recommends that nonprofit organizations consider how they are performing across five key drivers of sustainability. The study were guided by the following specific objectives. This paper aims to identify the critical factors highly influencing sustainability of local infrastructure projects in the thai community. Sustainability is the outcome of a mixture of endogenous and exogenous factors.
An evaluation of factors affecting sustainability of fish. This study analyzed the factors affecting sustainability of community borehole. Recommended citation mahonge, christopher 20 factors behind sustainability of activities in the postproject period in matengo highlands in tanzania,journal of environmental sustainability. Muriithi a project report submitted to the chandaria school of business in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of masters in business administration mba united states international university spring 2014. The paper presents the results from the research on the factors influencing the use of the balanced scorecard methodology in measuring company performance in the engineering sector. Additionally, aid support from development agencies often do not fully understand and consider socioeconomic, cultural, and political factors influencing the project design, planning and implementation. Direct and indirect factors to organizational sustainability 3. The study adopted the project sustainability, stakeholder and resource dependency theories. This study assesses the factors affecting sustainability of community based projects in bagamoyo district. Factors affecting the sustainability of food projects. Internal management also plays a key role towards ensuring project sustainability since they are involved in the steering of projects to attain set.
Pdf factors affecting social sustainability in highway. The sample was extracted from the databases isi web of knowledge, sciencedirect, scopus, scielo. To analyze and summarize the various models of sustainability in project management described in the literature, we adopted computeraided text analysis, using the sphinx software tool freitas and janissek, 2000 to identify and group sustainability variables related to project management, as well as the content analysis was used. Factors affecting the sustainability of family businesses. This study aims at systematizing a conceptual framework of sustainability in project management oriented to success. An analysis of the factors affecting the sustainability of. An empirical study in northwest and southwest regions of cameroon, journal of entrepreneurship. The following study explains the concept of sustainability. The study concludes that sustainability of mfis is a function of many factors that are related and interconnected i. It will specifically focus on the food security projects in kajiado county funded between the year 2008 and the year 20. Good plans clarify where the project currently is and where you want it to go.
A case study was conducted in which an improved stove project in honduras was evaluated using the framework. Many factors interact as individuals and organisations attempt to reconcile different responsibilities, objectives and agendas. Sustainable management of water supply projects would ensure water for drinking, domestic, livestock and other productive uses is enhanced to support. A conceptual framework of sustainability in project. The government of kenya and nongovernmental organizations have promoted interventions or projects aimed at improving water situations in the semi arid areas though with some low level of sustainability. Based on the literature and experts opinions, a hierarchical structure with five assessment aspects and fifteen development factors was first constructed, and a fahp algorithm model was then proposed. Quality projects cannot exist without strong internal systems. Social sustainability has many factors and not all factors will be attainable for all communities. Introduction projects are used in all economic and noneconomic. Factors influencing the sustainability of community based programs l. Recommended citation mahonge, christopher 20 factors behind sustainability of activities in the post project period in matengo highlands in tanzania,journal of environmental sustainability. Factors that affect sustainable construction waste. Sustainability free fulltext a study on the factors. The main purpose of this paper was to apply the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process fahp approach to explore key factors influencing the sustainable development of a green energy industry in taiwan.
Sustainability factors affecting local infrastructure project. Factors influencing the sustainability of community based. Factors affecting the sustainability of a community water supply project in kenya. This study assessed factors influencing sustainability of donor funded projects in nakuru county. The way in which these issues are handled affects the sustainability of the project, either fostering good. Identifying factors affecting the sustainability of water. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that influence sustainability of community water projects in semi arid areas in kenya with a focus in mulala division. The research project sought to find out factors affecting sustainability of donor funded water and sanitation projects. However, effective community participation, monitoring and evaluation, and financial factors plays crucial role in determining the existence of the projects. Evaluation keeps your project on track with goals and. In kenya about 35% of the water projects fail due to poor management while it is 60% in kitui county, kenya. The direct and indirect factors on affecting organizational. However, if key social factors are identified, social sustainability can be achieved during the project different phases 1, 2, 4, 12. Sustainability plan a sustainability plan brings together all the pieces necessary for a project to continue.
This study examined the extent which individual are engaged on community based projects. Just like the journalism industry, the factors of sustainability are everevolving. Nkam micheal cho, sena okuboyejo and ndamsa dickson 2017, factors affecting the sustainability of family businesses in cameroon. Sustainability of community based projects has been an intricate process. What are the factors that affect sustainable development. This study examined factors contributing to food security project sustainability. The following three key factors affecting sustainable development community were. The case of water resource, water supply, and local market projects in thai communities preenithi aksorn school of engineering and technology, asian institute of technology, klong luang, thailand. The primary objective of the research was to verify the importance of using nonfinancial factors in managing businesses in connection to the use of the balanced scorecard methodology and to verify the.
As the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases, china has been attracting attention. Rating of cbos structures in terms of sustaining projects and age of the cbos correlate positively at r. Factors influencing sustainability of donor funded community. Nevertheless, most water projects face numerous sustainability challenges. Factors affecting sustainability of community based projects a case study of mutomo district of kitui county by charles mahinge githinji d53ol148382009 a research project submitted to the school of business, kenyatta university, in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of. A strategic financing orientation means that project leaders know what activities they want to sustain. Corporate environmental factors that affect project management. Apr 07, 2015 in project management, it is possible to influence those factors that are closer and more directly related to management, such as resources or project management information systems, but it will be more difficult to affect the more general cultural and environmental factors or external to the organization.
Centralization of governmental decisions in francophone africa while this is a huge topic, i will only mention one factor which i am very familiar with roads infrastructure and communication. Factors affecting sustainability of community development. The purpose of the study is to explore the factors affecting sustainability of fish farming in public secondary schools. National policy for the sustainable development of arid and. Othman department of civil engineering, universiti teknologi petronas, malaysia abstract approximately 40 per cent of waste component in the world is generated from the construction and demolition of structures. Factors affecting the sustainability of family businesses in cameroon. Factors affecting the sustainability of food projects factors affecting the sustainability of food projects. Various factors influence project sustainability for instance project funding, community participation, monitoring and evaluation and management capabilities. Environmental factors project management questions. Factors that affect sustainable construction waste management efforts at site a.
Beginning from endeavors to lessen machine setup time and affected by tqm. Factors behind sustainability of activities in the post. Factors affecting environmental, economic and social aspects of sustainable agriculture in iran article pdf available in african journal of agricultural research 62. Similarly, the limited branch network leads to low sustainability. Factors affecting project sustainability judging whether a project and its benefits are sustainable is important as a means of determining project success. This paper concludes that lack of stakeholder ownership and commitment leads to project failure. Factors affecting social sustainability in highway projects in missouri article pdf available in procedia engineering 145. Factors affecting sustainability of community food security projects in. Factors affecting sustainable community development.
However, understanding what factors influence sustainability is even more important for designing better projects in the future. Factors influencing sustainability of donor funded. Country factors politics is the country a dictatorship. In kenya about 35% of the water projects fail due to poor management while it is 60%. In the global carbon emission structure, the proportion of household carbon emissions continues to increase, and it is necessary to focus on the issue of household emissions. This paper connects these gaps by exploring the factors affecting project sustainability from five aspects.
Factors affecting the sustainability of food projects sustain. An analysis of the factors affecting the sustainability of ict4d initiatives. Factors affecting the sustainability of family businesses in. The presence of project managers with expertise, knowledge and also leadership traits have a significant influence on the sustainability of projects undertaken by organizations. Request pdf key factors of sustainability in project management context. The case of mecha woreda, amhara region, ethiopia a project paper presented to the faculty of the graduate school of cornell university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of professional studies by habtamu addis beyene january 2012. Sustainability by an authorized administrator of rit scholar works. This is the evaluation of all the risk factors and impact on the sustainability of the project. To ascertain the factors that influence the sustainability of water environment treatment ppp projects, a sustainability evaluation indicator system was. Factors affecting social sustainability in highway.
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