Barriers to green cities development in developing countries: evidence from Ghana

C Debrah, DG Owusu-Manu, E Kissi… - Smart and Sustainable …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Of late, cities across the globe are taking pragmatic steps towards addressing
environmental, social and economic problems in the debate on sustainable development …

Life cycle stage practices and strategies for circular economy: assessment in construction and demolition industry of an emerging economy

R Asante, D Faibil, M Agyemang, SA Khan - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
The strategic implementation of circular economy (CE) practices in the construction and
demolition (C&D) industry is critical for achieving environmental sustainability goals …

Strategies for adopting building information modeling (Bim) in sustainable building projects—A case of Malaysia

B Manzoor, I Othman, SSS Gardezi, E Harirchian - Buildings, 2021 - mdpi.com
In terms of sustainable growth, Malaysia's construction industry faces significant challenges,
such as construction costs and lack of awareness. To meet these challenges, it is essential …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying and prioritizing the challenges and obstacles of the green supply chain management in the construction industry using the fuzzy BWM method

SA Banihashemi, M Khalilzadeh, J Antucheviciene… - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
The construction supply chain network has been facing challenges in relation to reducing
cost and delivery time, increasing the quality of the built assets, and reducing environmental …

Drivers of sustainable construction practices in the Zambian construction industry

A Oke, D Aghimien, C Aigbavboa, C Musenga - Energy Procedia, 2019 - Elsevier
While the construction industry plays a crucial role in the social and economic growth of a
country; on the other hand, it is known to be a major contributor to the degradation of the …

The influence of industrial attitudes and behaviours in adopting sustainable construction practices

R Maqbool, MR Saiba, A Altuwaim… - Sustainable …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Considering the rapid environmental changes, the transitions to sustainable practices in the
construction industry is vital now. Though the developed construction industries have …

Challenges of sustainable construction: a study of educational buildings in Nigeria

DO Aghimien, TF Adegbembo, EI Aghimien… - International Journal of …, 2018 - ijbes.utm.my
Buildings are essential facilities in the delivery of quality education in any nation. Providing
not just buildings but sustainable ones is necessary, since educational buildings are meant …

Sustainability barriers in Nigeria construction practice

LO Toriola-Coker, H Alaka, WA Bello… - IOP Conference …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The struggles to practise sustainable construction are not gaining the desired traction in
Nigeria. This study established the likely barriers to successful application of sustainable …

Analysis of urban slum infrastructure projects financing in Ghana: A closer look at traditional and innovative financing mechanisms

G Asumadu, R Quaigrain, D Owusu-Manu… - World Development …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanisation in developing countries has engendered unregulated slum development
to provide residences for economic migrants who travel to cities to pursue hopes of a secure …

A quantitative assessment of key drivers for environmental economic practices adoption for sustainable development

AE Oke, J Aliu, OA Odia, CO Aigbavboa… - Sustainable …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this paper is to present the results of an assessment aimed at evaluating
potential drivers for the adoption of environmental economic practices in the construction …