Assessing the degree of industrialisation in construction–a case of Uganda

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-229

  Alinaitwe, Henry Mwanaki ^a   Mwakali, Jackson ^a   Hansson, Bengt ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Construction; Developing countries; Industrialisation; Metrics; Productivity; Systems analysis

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; METRIC SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

GENERIC INDICATORS; INDUSTRIALISATION; PHILOSOPHIES; SYSTEMS APPROACHES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33748934596     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13923730.2006.9636396     Document Type: Article

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