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Assaf, S, Hassanain, M A and Abdallah, A (2018) Review and assessment of the causes of deficiencies in design documents for large construction projects. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(03), 300–17.
Atkinson, G (2008) Sustainability, the capital approach and the built environment. Building Research & Information, 36(03), 241–7.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: built environment; capital theory; development theory; economic value; natural capital; sustainability; wealth accounting; well-being
- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210801900734
- Abstract:
Sustainable development is concerned with how current decisions about how to manage a portfolio of wealth - comprising all of the assets in an economy including natural wealth - have an impact upon future well-being. Contributions to this debate based on the link between asset accounting and indicators of sustainable development are reviewed. This 'capital approach' focuses on wealth accounting and indicators of genuine (or adjusted net) saving, the amount of saving over and above the value of total asset consumption. If the genuine saving rate is negative, it provides an indication that current behaviour is eroding the capital on which its development depends. Such empirical discussion about the sustainability of development paths is typically concerned with assessing whether national economies are sustainable. However, as demonstrated, for example, by Pearce in 2003, these insights and the indicators that follow are also relevant for discussions about the contribution of economic sectors such as construction and the built environment to sustainability. This provides a useful addition to existing approaches (such as those based on a 'triple-bottom line'). The paper concludes with some thoughts about how the capital (or wealth-accounting) approach could be extended to gain further insight into the contribution of the built environment to sustainability.
Bowen, P, Govender, R, Edwards, P and Cattell, K (2018) Work-related contact, work-family conflict, psychological distress and sleep problems experienced by construction professionals: An integrated explanatory model. Construction Management and Economics, 36(03), 153-74.
Bröchner, J (2018) Construction economics and economics journals. Construction Management and Economics, 36(03), 175-80.
Cairns, G (2008) Advocating an ambivalent approach to theorizing the built environment. Building Research & Information, 36(03), 280–9.
Defoe, P S (2018) The consideration of trees in rights of light cases Part 2. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(03), 318–32.
Gerges, M, Penn, S, Moore, D, Boothman, C and Liyanage, C (2018) Multi-storey residential buildings and occupant’s behaviour during fire evacuation in the UK. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(03), 234–53.
Hillier, B (2008) Space and spatiality: what the built environment needs from social theory. Building Research & Information, 36(03), 216–30.
Moffatt, S and Kohler, N (2008) Conceptualizing the built environment as a social–ecological system. Building Research & Information, 36(03), 248–68.
Ofori-Boadu, A N, Abrokwah, R Y, Gbewonyo, S and Fini, E (2018) Effect of swine-waste bio-char on the water absorption characteristics of cement pastes. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(03), 283–99.
Rabeneck, A (2008) A sketch-plan for construction of built environment theory. Building Research & Information, 36(03), 269–79.
Sherratt, F (2018) Shaping the discourse of worker health in the UK construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 36(03), 141-52.
Simpson, E, Bradley, D and O’Keeffe, J (2018) Failure is an option: an innovative engineering curriculum. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(03), 268–82.
Szentes, H (2018) Reinforcing cycles involving inter- and intraorganizational paradoxical tensions when managing large construction projects. Construction Management and Economics, 36(03), 125-40.
Vischer, J C (2008) Towards a user-centred theory of the built environment. Building Research & Information, 36(03), 231–40.
Wang, W, Zhang, S and Pasquire, C (2018) Factors for the adoption of green building specifications in China. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(03), 254–67.