Li, Y; Wang, G and Zuo, J (2021) Assessing green-building policies with structural consistency and behavioral coherence: A framework of effectiveness and efficiency. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 147(11): 04021149, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Getting a better understanding of the policy effectiveness and efficiency is a promising topic for encouraging the green-building initiative in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. This study introduces a framework for assessing and improving the green-building policies concerning the effectiveness with "structural consistency"of policy instruments and the efficiency with "behavioral coherence"of interagency collaborative networks and examined it with China's green-building policies from 2002 to 2019. This framework, using content mining and social network analysis, not merely provides a comprehensive approach for assessing policy performance of green-building initiative, but also contributes to integrating, comparing, and benchmarking the sustainability-transition studies from various industries and countries. The empirical evidence from China brings novel understandings to the policy-makers of emerging markets for the structural deficiencies in information services, international collaboration, and tax incentives, the three-stage roadmap of the green-building initiative, and the importance of policy agenda. This study contributes not only to the green-building literature by offering a systematic and referential framework for assessing policy performance but also to the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) community by guiding the improvement of green-building policies in emerging markets.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | content mining; green-building initiative; interagency collaborative network; policy instrument; policy objective; social network analysis |
| Index terms: | benchmarking, policy instrument, China, evidence, coherence, collaboration, social network analysis, emerging market, construction industry, effectiveness, mining, efficiency |
| Subjects: | Geography, management, performance measurement, research methods, performance management, industry analysis, geotechnical engineering, human factors and perception, evaluation and assessment methods, policy studies, economic analysis |
| Topics: | Geographical Context, Research Practice, Engineering Principles, Governance, Quality Management, International Construction, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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