Recycling behaviour of residents in cities of tomorrow

To ensure sustainability in the cities of tomorrow, the environment quality or ecological balance, where it has been lost, need to be restored. If the urban residents fail to behave pro-environmentally, the creation of green cities will remain as a dream. The aim of this study is to gauge the role of city residents in the process of greening the cities through their recycling behaviour. Environmental value is tested as a mediator in the relationship between environmental knowledge and recycling behaviour of urban residents. A total of 1098 Malaysian city dwellers act as the sample to test the proposed model. Structural equation modelling (SEM) is used to obtain measurement models and structural models. Conclusively, environmental knowledge affects the inculcation of environmental values in the residents of urban areas, which in turn affects their recycling behaviour. It is hoped that the findings of this study should be able to facilitate the decision making process of local governments in their efforts to ascertain sustainability with green residents playing the role for cities of tomorrow. In furtherance, it is recommended that the study should be replicated in other cities, to confirm the findings of the present study.