Teo, M M M and Loosemore, M (2012) A new research agenda into community-based protest in construction. In: Smith, S D (ed.) Proceedings of 28th Annual ARCOM Conference, 3-5 September 2012, Edinburgh, UK.
Abstract
Many countries face enormous development challenges in adapting to demographic change, urbanization and emerging issues such as housing affordability and climate change. These challenges are best resolved in consultation with communities rather than in conflict with them. A rich tradition of research and intellectual frameworks exist in the fields of urban geography and planning to understand and manage community concerns during the pre-development approval stages of new projects. However current theoretical frameworks are inadequate in construction management and a new research agenda is needed to develop conceptual frameworks to guide thinking about the role of communities in the construction process. By discussing the components of such a model, it is concluded that this would require a fundamental shift in thinking which challenges traditional structuralist paradigms. Anew constructivist paradigm is presented that conceives community consultation as a negotiation process which does not stop at the pre-development planning stages but which continues over the entire life of a project.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | community; protest; social constructivism; development; housing; infrastructure |
| Index terms: | paradigm, housing affordability, urban geography, construction process, community consultation, research agenda, negotiation, approval, urbanization, climate change, face, conceptual framework, housing, community-based |
| Subjects: | participation process, theoretical framing, conflict resolution, construction type, communities and social development, industry analysis, contractual role, research management, Geography, psychology, urban planning, climate science, building construction, education and knowledge transfer |
| Topics: | Contract Administration, Business Strategy, Geographical Context, Sustainability, Site Management, Research Practice, Governance, Stakeholder Management, Construction Technology, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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