The study has conceptualized and tested a SEA policy model
which indicates that SEA integration behaviour is influenced
directly by three main drivers (perception of benefits, perception
of barriers and perception of enablers need) and
influenced indirectly by two sub-drivers (environmental
attitude and environmental awareness). Furthermore, the
findings also suggest that the enabler driver may be the most
influential in predicting SEA integration behaviour followed by
barrier driver and finally the benefit driver. In conclusion, the
general study implication is that it provides an empirical based
framework for EPI initiatives among policy actors while the
specific study proposition is that the optimal SEA policy
integration pathway may require the establishment of SEA
enablers such as public participation and capacity building as
part of a long-term sustainable policy formulation strategy
for SWM.
proficient group. Finally, although the structural path of the
SEA policy model supports the study hypothesis, it does not
preclude alternate or additional directions of the relationship
in the structural relationship.