Green building project management: Obstacles and solutions for sustainable development

Sustainable Development

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 335-349

  Hwang, Bon Gang ^a   Tan, Jac See ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Green building; Obstacles; Project management; Singapore; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; INCENTIVE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSACTION COST;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84866781686     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.492     Document Type: Article

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