The health and safety implications of socio-cultural context for community construction projects in developing countries

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 857-867

  Furber, Alison ^a   Duncan, Sarah ^b   Smith, Simon David ^a   Crapper, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Standard Life Uk Financial Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Ghana; Health and safety; Participation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNAL CULTURE; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DEVELOPMENT MODEL; GHANA; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH AND SAFETY ASPECTS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE; SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT; SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS; WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS;

CELL CULTURE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

CONSTRUCTION METHOD; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH AND SAFETY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA;

GHANA;

EID: 84867629244     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2012.707324     Document Type: Article

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