Drivers for change: An organizational perspective on sustainable construction

Proceedings of Construction Congress VI: Building Together for a Better Tomorrow in an Increasingly Complex World

Volumn 278, Issue , 2000, Pages 406-415

  Vanegas, Jorge A ^a   Pearce, Annie R ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; LIFE CYCLE;

CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATIONS; DECISION CRITERIONS; FUTURE GENERATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVES; PRO-ACTIVE APPROACH; PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS; SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 70349229604     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40475(278)44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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