Perceptions on motivating factors and future prospects of green construction in Oman

Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 231-239

  Abidin, Nazirah Zainul ^a   Powmya, Ayishatul ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b MUSCAT COLLEGE   (Oman)

Author keywords

Construction barriers; Green concept; Oman construction industry; Survey; Sustainable building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924629989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19139063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v7n5p231     Document Type: Article

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