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Article: Exploring critical success factors for waste management in construction projects of China

TitleExploring critical success factors for waste management in construction projects of China
Authors
KeywordsChina
Construction and demolition waste
Construction projects
Critical success factors
Waste management
Issue Date2010
PublisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/resconrec
Citation
Resources, Conservation And Recycling, 2010, v. 55 n. 2, p. 201-208 How to Cite?
AbstractThe enormous amount of construction activity in China associated with its rapid economic development has produced a large amount of construction and demolition (C&D) waste over the past three decades. The majority of this waste has not been well processed, which has led to severe damage to the environment. Although there is clearly a need for better C&D waste management (WM) in China, the best ways to achieve this have yet to be fully explored. This paper is based on a study by the authors that aimed to identify the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for C&D WM in China. A questionnaire survey and 14 semi-structured interviews with practitioners, researchers and government officials were conducted in Shenzhen, a leading city in southern China for tackling C&D WM. Seven factors were identified as the CSFs for managing C&D waste: (1) WM regulations, (2) waste management system (WMS), (3) awareness of C&D WM, (4) low-waste building technologies, (5) fewer design changes, (6) research and development in WM, and (7) vocational training in WM. These CSFs can serve as valuable references for stakeholders to develop effective C&D WM strategies. The research also adds to the knowledge on how to reduce adverse environmental impacts caused by construction activities in rapidly developing economies. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/125355
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dc.contributor.authorLu, Wen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuan, Hen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-31T11:26:28Z-
dc.date.available2010-10-31T11:26:28Z-
dc.date.issued2010en_HK
dc.identifier.citationResources, Conservation And Recycling, 2010, v. 55 n. 2, p. 201-208en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0921-3449en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/125355-
dc.description.abstractThe enormous amount of construction activity in China associated with its rapid economic development has produced a large amount of construction and demolition (C&D) waste over the past three decades. The majority of this waste has not been well processed, which has led to severe damage to the environment. Although there is clearly a need for better C&D waste management (WM) in China, the best ways to achieve this have yet to be fully explored. This paper is based on a study by the authors that aimed to identify the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for C&D WM in China. A questionnaire survey and 14 semi-structured interviews with practitioners, researchers and government officials were conducted in Shenzhen, a leading city in southern China for tackling C&D WM. Seven factors were identified as the CSFs for managing C&D waste: (1) WM regulations, (2) waste management system (WMS), (3) awareness of C&D WM, (4) low-waste building technologies, (5) fewer design changes, (6) research and development in WM, and (7) vocational training in WM. These CSFs can serve as valuable references for stakeholders to develop effective C&D WM strategies. The research also adds to the knowledge on how to reduce adverse environmental impacts caused by construction activities in rapidly developing economies. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/resconrecen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofResources, Conservation and Recyclingen_HK
dc.rightsNOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Resources, Conservation and Recycling. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2010, v. 55 n. 2, p. 201-208. DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.09.010-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectChina-
dc.subjectConstruction and demolition waste-
dc.subjectConstruction projects-
dc.subjectCritical success factors-
dc.subjectWaste management-
dc.titleExploring critical success factors for waste management in construction projects of Chinaen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailLu, W: wilsonlu@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailYuan, H: hpyuan2005@gmail.com-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.09.010en_HK
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dc.identifier.volume55en_HK
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dc.identifier.spage201en_HK
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dc.identifier.isiWOS:000285659100014-
dc.publisher.placeNetherlandsen_HK
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