TY - GEN
T1 - Framework for construction industry sustainable development measurement
AU - Zhang, Peng
AU - London, Kerry
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - As a resource-intensive industry, the policy, processes and practices in relation to sustainable development of the construction industry is critical. An important theoretical and practical concern is the creation of indicator systems that assist with the measurement of sustainable urban development. Past research and practice has tended to focus on the measurement of sustainability of the construction projects in relation to the individual projects or at the organizational level. This paper introduces a new measurement of sustainable development for construction industry as a whole so that countries can make comparisons. The model is based on the previous research, the fundamental meaning of sustainable development and the characteristics of the construction industry.
AB - As a resource-intensive industry, the policy, processes and practices in relation to sustainable development of the construction industry is critical. An important theoretical and practical concern is the creation of indicator systems that assist with the measurement of sustainable urban development. Past research and practice has tended to focus on the measurement of sustainability of the construction projects in relation to the individual projects or at the organizational level. This paper introduces a new measurement of sustainable development for construction industry as a whole so that countries can make comparisons. The model is based on the previous research, the fundamental meaning of sustainable development and the characteristics of the construction industry.
KW - Construction industry
KW - Indicators system
KW - Sustainable development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80055007115&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.71-78.3925
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.71-78.3925
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80055007115
SN - 9783037852033
T3 - Applied Mechanics and Materials
SP - 3925
EP - 3928
BT - Frontiers of Green Building, Materials and Civil Engineering
T2 - 2011 International Conference on Green Building, Materials and Civil Engineering, GBMCE 2011
Y2 - 22 August 2011 through 23 August 2011
ER -
