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  title info:
    title: Sustainable design and construction in Africa
  name:
    name part: Dosumu, Oluwaseun
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Aigbavboa, Clinton
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Taylor & Francis
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2019
    copyright date: 2019
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) : illustrations
  abstract: "This book addresses some of the countless challenges faced by developing countries when adopting sustainable design and construction and offers suggestions for the way forward for African development projects. The authors argue that the pervasive non-consideration of the interrelationship between the elements of sustainable design and construction is the reason for the current failures in sustainable design and construction in developed countries. The book develops a System Dynamics model of the relationship between the elements of sustainable design and construction. This model involves a causal loop and stock and flow diagrams of the interrelationship among the elements of sustainability. By treating sustainability as a complex system that needs to be modeled, the authors provide the missing link between the design and construction of projects in a sustainable way with a view to improving industry and project performance. In doing so the book posits the need for improved sustainability practice in developing countries, lessons for developing countries from the successes and failures of sustainability adoption by developed nations, factors influencing adoption of sustainability and effects of sustainable designs and construction on productivity, human health and the environment at large. This book will be of interest to construction researchers, practitioners, and professional bodies, housing policy makers and government institutions as well as training and funding providers in these areas"--
  table of contents: General introduction -- The concept of conventional building design and construction -- Project success criteria -- Concept of sustainability in construction -- Successes of sustainable building designs and construction: Lessons from adopters -- Failures of sustainable building designs and construction: Lessons from adopters -- Factors influencing sustainable building designs and construction -- Effects of sustainable design and construction on humans and the environment -- Challenges of sustainable design and construction for developing countries -- Causal loop diagram (CLD) of the relationship among elements of sustainable design and construction -- System dynamics model of the relationship among elements of sustainable design and construction -- The way forward.
  note: Oluwaseun Dosumu and Clinton Aigbavboa.
  note: Factors affecting the adoption of sustainable design and construction.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: f------
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable buildings
    geographic: Africa
  subject:
    topic: Constructions durables
    geographic: Afrique
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
    topic: Construction
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable buildings
  subject:
    geographic: Africa
  classification: TH880 .D67 2019eb
  classification: 690.028/6
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    origin info:
      publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019
    identifier: (DLC) 2018016662
    identifier: (OCoLC)1047571129
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  record info:
    record content source: EBLCP
    record creation date: 180825
    record change date: 20260205202749.8
    record identifier: in00005679984
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng