An investigation of corporate approaches to sustainability in the US engineering and construction industry

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 971-983

  Jones, Timothy ^a   Shan, Yongwei ^b   Goodrum, Paul M ^b  

^a Texas Gas Transmission ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Economic; Environment; Society; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL REPORTS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CURRENT TRENDS; DESIGN FIRMS; ENGINEERING NEWS RECORDS; ENVIRONMENT; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; INDUSTRY GROUPS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; SOCIETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956718330     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446191003789465     Document Type: Article

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