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Arkani, S (1999) Contractual interfaces: the implications of building production process management and interorganisational relations for productivity in building project coalitions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Greenwich.
Carbonari, G (2018) Sustainable facilities management with the support of building information modelling, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Built Environment, University of Greenwich.
Connaughton, J N (1993) Making and implementing industrial building investment decisions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
Cooper, J (2015) Sustainable building maintenance within social housing, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
Herrero, J J (2003) Columbus: a solution using metadata for integrating document management, project hosting and document control in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences, University of Greenwich.
Jiang, H (2012) The development of a scenario independent method for evaluating the evacuation complexity of a building, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
Keath, M (1983) The development of school construction systems in Hertfordshire 1946-64, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
Khan, L R (2014) Reliability estimation and risk-cost optimisation of underground pipelines, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
Siddiqui, A A (2019) An investigation into data sharing between building information modelling and fire safety engineering, with potential applications to smart buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
Simpson, Y (2014) The potential impact of the HE Educational White Paper 2011 on higher education and professional construction education: professional quantity surveying education in England, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Education & Community Studies, University of Greenwich.
Thompson, O (2020) Towards a comprehensive understanding of human behaviour in dwelling fires, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
Umeokafor, N I (2017) Realities of construction health and safety regulation in Nigeria, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Design, University of Greenwich.
Zhang, J (2018) Building a sustainability assessment model for highway infrastructure projects in Yunnan, China, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, Design & Construction, University of Greenwich.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: case study; China; content analysis; government; economic growth; infrastructure project; interview; sustainable development
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- URL: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/23653/
- Abstract:
Highway infrastructure development in Yunnan Province remains a top priority for the Chinese Government, the aim is to improve access to neighbouring countries and support economic growth and social development in the province. While the social and economic benefits of highway infrastructure projects are indisputable, sustainable performance still leaves room for improvement in Yunnan. In an effort to promote a more sustainable approach to decisions relating to highway infrastructure projects, this research develops a model to assess sustainability in highway infrastructure projects in Yunnan Province. The research results indicate that although China has made great progress in sustainable development, and studies have suggested various frameworks for evaluating sustainability in highway infrastructure projects, an effective assessment model is not available for the local context of Yunnan. Therefore, this research builds an indicator-based assessment model for highway infrastructure project sustainability by addressing local conditions. The data used for analysis in this research is collected from questionnaires and interviews of three groups of experts in Yunnan, including government officers, academic professionals, and construction engineers in the construction industry. Data collected by questionnaires is used to determine the indictors, and the Analysis Hierarchy Process (AHP) method is used to assign indicators weightings. The opinions from the experts' interviews are used to refine the model, and the content analysis is used to analyse interview data. This research identifies a highway project in Yunnan as a case study to test the applicability of the developed model, and the results indicated that the sustainability assessment model for highway infrastructure projects in Yunnan is reasonable. However, in practice, it faces extensive challenges in assessing sustainability in highway infrastructure projects in Yunnan. This study demonstrates the importance of sustainability assessment and strives to build a comprehensive indicator system with consideration of all influential factors, as a positive step towards dealing with these challenges.