Akotia, J and Sackey, E (2018) Towards the delivery of sustainable regeneration projects' types in the UK: An exploration of the role and level of involvement of key practitioners. International Journal of Construction Management, 18(5), pp. 375-384. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
Sustainable regeneration is a vital aspect of the UK sustainable development agenda in which a lot of efforts have been made over the years. Traditionally, the UK regeneration strategy has evolved from the provision of affordable housing through to the provision of other public sector projects and private sector commercial projects. While the concept of sustainable regeneration has been a key facet of UK sustainable development agenda over the past decades, it can be said that the delivery of sustainability benefits of major projects has been determined by numerous factors. Paramount among the factors which have affected and continue to determine the delivery of sustainability outcome of regeneration projects are the construction industry practitioners who are tasked with the responsibility in the delivery of these regeneration projects. The paper presents the findings of a study which explored practitioners' level of involvement in the delivery of the three types of sustainable regeneration projects in the UK, using a mixed-method research to obtain 21 and 193 responses from practitioners through semi-structured interviews and questionnaire survey, respectively. The findings reveal that housing-led regeneration project is the most involved type of regeneration project by practitioners, while the least involved project is private sector commercial regeneration project.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | key practitioners; level of involvement; main types of sustainable regeneration projects |
| Index terms: | construction industry, affordable housing, major project, public sector, private sector, regeneration project, housing, practitioner, questionnaire, exploration, survey, sustainable development, strategy, interview |
| Subjects: | construction type, data collection methods, practitioner, environmental resource management, strategic project management, management, economic development, health safety and environment, industry analysis, administrative law |
| Topics: | Urban Studies, Legal Issues, Roles and Professions, Sustainability, Construction Technology, Health and Safety, Business Strategy, Project Management, Research Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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