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Afzal, F, Yunfei, S, Sajid, M and Afzal, F (2019) Integrated priority decision index for risk assessment in chaos: cost overruns in transport projects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(04), 825–49.
Bonanomi, M M, Hall, D M, Staub-French, S, Tucker, A and Talamo, C M L (2019) The impact of digital transformation on formal and informal organizational structures of large architecture and engineering firms. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(04), 872–92.
Cole, R J (1999) Building environmental assessment methods: clarifying intentions. Building Research & Information, 27(04), 230–46.
Cole, R J (1999) Postscript: Green Building Challenge 2000. Building Research & Information, 27(04), 342–3.
Cole, R J and Larsson, N K (1999) GBC '98 and GBTool: background. Building Research & Information, 27(04), 221–9.
Cole, R J and Mitchell, L (1999) Customizing and using GBTool: two case-study projects. Building Research & Information, 27(04), 257–76.
Comet, C (2009) Social capital and profits of small firms in the French construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 411–8.
El-Sayegh, S M (2009) Multi-criteria decision support model for selecting the appropriate construction management at risk firm. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 385–98.
Feghaly, J, El Asmar, M, Ariaratnam, S and Bearup, W (2019) Selecting project delivery methods for water treatment plants. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(04), 936–51.
Glaumann, M, Malm, T and Larsson, J (1999) Evaluation of green buildings in Sweden. Building Research & Information, 27(04), 276–85.
Kannimuthu, M, Raphael, B, Ekambaram, P and Kuppuswamy, A (2019) Comparing optimization modeling approaches for the multi-mode resource-constrained multi-project scheduling problem. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(04), 893–916.
Li, H, Lu, W and Huang, T (2009) Rethinking project management and exploring virtual design and construction as a potential solution. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 363–71.
Lingard, H C, Cooke, T and Blismas, N (2009) Group-level safety climate in the Australian construction industry: within-group homogeneity and between-group differences in road construction and maintenance. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 419–32.
Liu, J and Cheah, C Y J (2009) Real option application in PPP/PFI project negotiation. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 331–42.
Luo, M, Fan, H and Liu, G (2019) Measuring regional differences of construction productive efficiency in China. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(04), 952–74.
Ma, H, Liu, Z, Zeng, S, Lin, H and Tam, V W (2019) Does megaproject social responsibility improve the sustainability of the construction industry?. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(04), 975–96.
Manoliadis, O G, Pantouvakis, J-P and Christodoulou, S E (2009) Improving qualifications-based selection by use of the fuzzy Delphi method. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 373–84.
Rees, W E (1999) The built environment and the ecosphere: a global perspective. Building Research & Information, 27(04), 206–20.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: city; ecological footprint; green building; regulation; sustainable development; urban design
- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=j5c5xqktu53vwhgl
- Abstract:
The human population is rapidly urbanizing, leading many observers to conclude that humans are leaving nature and the countryside behind. This is a perceptual error consistent with the technological optimism inherent in the prevailing expansionist cultural worldview. By contrast, ecological analysis reveals that modern cities are actually increasingly dependent on the goods and services of nature. This fact is merely obscured by technology and urbanization itself. Typical high-income cities appropriate the productive and assimilative capacity of a vast and increasingly global hinterland, resulting in an 'ecological footprint' several hundred times larger than the areas they physically occupy. In the next 27 years, the urban population alone is expected to grow by the equivalent of the total human population in the 1930s. This will double the 1970s urban presence on the Earth. Unfortunately, the conventional development path is biophysically unsustainable, calling for a radical transformation of our thinking about urban form and function. Buildings account for 40% of the materials and about a third of the energy consumed by the world economy. Combined with ecocity design principles, green building technologies therefore have the potential to make an enormous contribution to a required 50% reduction in the energy and material intensity of consumption globally. The needed dematerialization increases to 90% in the high-income countries. Such enormous gains in material productivity are unlikely in the absence of significant ecological fiscal (tax) reform. Ironically, then, the most effective path to green buildings and ecocities may be intensive lobbying for higher taxes on primary energy and materials.
Smyth, H and Fitch, T (2009) Application of relationship marketing and management: a large contractor case study. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 399–410.
Todd, J A and Geissler, S (1999) Regional and cultural issues in environmental performance assessment for buildings. Building Research & Information, 27(04), 247–56.
Tone, K, Skitmore, M and Wong, J K W (2009) An investigation of the impact of cross-cultural communication on the management of construction projects in Samoa. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 343–61.
Viles, E, Rudeli, N C and Santilli, A (2019) Causes of delay in construction projects: a quantitative analysis. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(04), 917–35.
Wang, S, Tang, J, Zou, Y and Zhou, Q (2019) Research on production process optimization of precast concrete component factory based on value stream mapping. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(04), 850–71.