Leadership and Sustainability in the Built Environment (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Opoku, Alex; Ahmed, Vian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Leadership and sustainability have separately been the subject of numerous studies in a built environment context over the years, but they have yet to be addressed together. The real impact of legislation and guidelines designed to promote sustainability within the construction industry is closely linked to the leadership behind it, as this book explores in a variety of ways.Featuring research from 5 different continents, the international scope of this book allows a comparison of experiences in different types of economies and cultures. The interdisciplinarity of this subject is also reflected in the backgrounds of the contributors, with a significant number of perspectives derived from business and management research.The issues examined in this book are essential reading for all researchers, decision-makers and graduate students in the built environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317564225
• Artikelnr.: 42506943

Autorenporträt

Alex Opoku recently took up a position as a senior lecturer in quantity surveying at London South Bank University, having previously conducted research in the Department of Engineering at Cambridge University. Vian Ahmed is a professor and director of postgraduate research studies at the Built Environment department of the University of Salford.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part One: Organizational Leadership 1. Leadership theory and
practice for sustainable built environment 2. Behaviourism versus
Leadership: A Transformational need for sustainability in the Built
Environment 3. Leadership - a negation of agency Part Two: Sustainable
Built Environment 4. Sustainable Development in the UK construction
industry 5. Drivers and Challenges to the adoption of sustainable
construction practices 6. Sustainability leaders for sustainable cities
Part Three: Leadership for Sustainable Built Environment 7. The role of
organizational leadership in the delivery of sustainable construction
project practices Part Four: International Perspective and Case Studies 8.
Challenges to leaders promoting innovative and sustainable social housing
in UK 9. Leadership studies in changing times