Meacham, B; Bowen, R; Traw, J and Moore, A (2005) Performance-based building regulation: Current situation and future needs. Building Research & Information, 33(2), pp. 91-106. ISSN 0961-3218
Abstract
Although performance-based building regulations are in use or under development in numerous countries worldwide, there remain significant challenges in adequately identifying and defining performance, in understanding and addressing diverse societal expectations, and in establishing robust performance-based regulatory systems. These challenges become intensified as the building construction market becomes increasingly global, with the resulting expectation that building regulatory instruments remain valid across borders and do not create barriers to trade, while at the same time address local and national needs without compromising local cultural and societal norms. Many of these issues are just now beginning to be explored, and there is significant opportunity and need for future research and development in these areas.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building regulation; glohalization; governance; performance; performance-based building; performance-based regulation; public safety; regulation development; research needs; societal expectations |
| Index terms: | norms, public safety, regulation, building regulation, regulatory system, research and development, performance-based regulation, governance, performance-based, building construction |
| Subjects: | performance measurement, research management, emergency and crisis management, regulatory law, building construction, business, political science, sociology |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Quality Management, Legal Issues, Governance, Construction Technology, Health and Safety |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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