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Courtney, R (1999) CIB Agenda 21 and the building research community. Building Research & Information, 27(06), 373–7.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: sustainability; environment; research policy; public policy; research organizations
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
  • URL: http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=9wrr4yv6vjtyjjn7
  • Abstract:
    Global concern to promote sustainable development, highlighted by the Rio and Kyoto conferences, offers the building research community an opportunity to become linked more closely to the policy and operational aims of governments and industry. The publication of CIB Agenda 21 provides the community with a global framework for assessing the contribution of sustainable construction, and of individual research centres, to the sustainable development aims of Agenda 21. The roles that different research sectors can play in the development of sustainability policies and practices are reviewed, and criteria for evaluating the impact of CIB Agenda 21 are suggested.