Motivating change: Shifting the paradigm

Building Research and Information

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 436-449

  Du Plessis, Chrisna ^a   Cole, Raymond J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Buildings; Built environment; Complexity; Paradigm shift; Regenerative; Stakeholders; Sustainability; Whole systems

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COMPLEXITY; PARADIGM SHIFT; REGENERATIVE; STAKEHOLDERS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BUILDINGS; MOTIVATION; RATING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 81255197799     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2011.582697     Document Type: Article

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