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Perception and Challenges for Sustainable Construction in Developing Countries: North Cyprus Case
Author(s)
Abbas Elmualim1 and Doğa Alp2
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2016.04.012
Affiliation(s)
1. Faculty of Natural and Built Environment, University of South Australia, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
2. School of Construction Management and Engineering, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AW, UK
ABSTRACT
Sustainable construction,
together with sustainability, is a growing concern in developed countries in order
to influence construction organizations to make “achieving sustainability” in their
projects a stringent prior objective. North Cyprus is a rapidly developing
country with an annual economic growth of 7%. Construction became the leading
sector within the economy after the boom in demand for holiday and retirement houses
especially from English and German holidaymakers.
Due to lack of government policy on sustainability, developers usually use traditional ways of
construction, and the lack of an established link with international
construction, which would help local developers be aware of the latest
technology and sustainable building techniques, is the main challenges for
North Cyprus construction sector to develop sustainable construction practices.
KEYWORDS
Sustainable development, construction industry, North Cyprus and developing countries.
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