Cultural shift towards sustainability in the construction industry of Hong Kong

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3616-3628

  Yip Robin, C P ^a   Poon, C S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cultural Component; Cultural Shift; Sustainable Construction; Sustainable Culture

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING;

BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL COMPONENT; CULTURAL SHIFT; FORWARD LOOKING; HONG-KONG; HUMAN SOCIETY; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABLE CULTURE; SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY; T-MODEL;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CULTURAL CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HONG KONG; JOB PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; POLICY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DECISION MAKING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INDUSTRY;

EID: 69249215111     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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