Contemporary Issues in Construction in Developing Countries

✍ Scribed by George Ofori

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 508
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
......Page 1
Contemporary Issues
in Construction in
Developing Countries......Page 5
Copyright Page
......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
List of illustrations
......Page 11
List of contributors
......Page 15
1.
Reflections on the great divide: Strategic review of the book: George Ofori......Page 19
Part I: Industry practices
......Page 38
2.
Public–private partnerships for major infrastructure projects in developing countries: Asanga Gunawansa......Page 39
3.
Promoting social opportunities in the procurement of construction projects: John Hawkins......Page 78
4.
Transparency in construction: George Ofori......Page 100
Part II: Industry performance on projects
......Page 142
5.
Information communication technology usage by construction firms in developing countries: Koshy Varghese......Page 143
6.
Safety and health in construction in developing countries: The humanitarian paradox: Richard Neale and Joanna Waters......Page 161
Part III: Strategies......Page 206
7.
Sub-contracting and joint venturing in construction in developing countries: Abdul-Rashid Abdul-Aziz
and
Izyan Yahaya......Page 207
8.
Risks, opportunities and strategies in international construction: A case study of China: Patrick X.W. Zou and Dongping Fang......Page 232
9.
Leadership and its development in construction in developing countries: Shamas-ur-Rehman Toor, Stephen Ogunlana and George Ofori......Page 259
Part IV: Reconstruction programmes......Page 285
10. Sustainable low-cost housing in developing countries: The role of stakeholders “after” the project: Gonzalo Lizarralde......Page 286
11.
Post-war reconstruction and civil society: Sarah Dix......Page 310
Part V: Project management......Page 333
12.
Construction project performance in developing countries: P.D. Rwelamila......Page 334
13.
Project risks faced in international construction projects in developing countries: Case study of Vietnam: Florence Yean Yng Ling and
Vivian To Phuong Hoang......Page 363
14.
A protocol for lean construction in developing countries: Subashini Suresh, Abubakar M. Bashir and Paul O. Olomolaiye......Page 392
Part VI: Industrial development......Page 422
15.
Green jobs in construction: Edmundo Werna......Page 423
16.
Case studies of construction technology development and innovation in developing countries: Emilia van Egmond......Page 457
Index......Page 493

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