A Systematic Review of Drivers of Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Technology Adoption

Mykolas Simas Poškus, Lina Jovarauskaitė and Audra Balundė
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Mykolas Simas Poškus: Social Innovations for Cleaner Environments, Giedraičių Str. 60B-60, LT-08212 Vilnius, Lithuania
Lina Jovarauskaitė: Social Innovations for Cleaner Environments, Giedraičių Str. 60B-60, LT-08212 Vilnius, Lithuania
Audra Balundė: Social Innovations for Cleaner Environments, Giedraičių Str. 60B-60, LT-08212 Vilnius, Lithuania

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 15, 1-11

Abstract: In this systematic review we explore the forces that encourage or hinder the adoption of wastewater treatment and/or management technology. Our literature search uncovered 37 sources that discuss these issues. Retrieved sources were then subjected to qualitative synthesis. We adopted a systems-theory perspective in analyzing the qualitative data and provide insights into the interaction between the political environment and societal and organizational systems. Our findings indicate that sustainable change can best be achieved through understanding the interaction between systems and their actual capability to meet the needs of related systems. Societal-level systems emerge as having the possibility to influence the political environment as well as organizations.

Keywords: wastewater; technology adoption; organizations; policy; society; systems theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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