Awareness, actions, drivers and barriers of sustainable construction in Chile

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 272-288

  Serpell, Alfredo ^a   Kort, Jorge ^a   Vera, Sergio ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

barriers; construction firms' practices; drivers of change; policy and regulations; survey; sustainable construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884996932     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/20294913.2013.798597     Document Type: Article

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