TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantifying stakeholder influence in decision/evaluations relating to sustainable construction in China – A Delphi approach
AU - Li, Hongyang
AU - Zhang, Xiaoling
AU - Ng, S. Thomas
AU - Skitmore, Martin
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71501074 ) and the State Key Lab of Subtropical Building Science , South China University of Technology , China (Grant No. 2016ZB16 ).
Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71501074) and the State Key Lab of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology, China (Grant No. 2016ZB16).
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
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PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - Sustainable construction projects affect various stakeholders with different social, environmental and economic interests. It is essential that the decision makers maintain effective communication with relevant groups to avoid project failures. Although citizen participation offers a means of better addressing and meeting stakeholder concerns and expectations, the decision/evaluations of contemporary sustainable projects are becoming ever more complicated, with an increasing number of stakeholders involved to actively defend their own interests. In response, this paper provides a thorough and comprehensive analysis of the stakeholders of sustainable construction in China and quantifies their influence in decision/evaluations by semi-structured interviews (in research stage I) and a three-round Delphi survey (in research stage II). Follow-up interviews (in research stage III) are carried out to collect more in-depth views concerning the characteristics and the respective importance of each stakeholder group involved. The findings indicate that the government is the most influential entity and the extent to which its intervention is needed in balancing the interests of other stakeholders presents a major challenge. The high potential influence of end-users is also identified, suggesting the need for a more transparent and inclusive participatory decision/evaluation process in the country. An enhanced future role for NGOs is further identified.
AB - Sustainable construction projects affect various stakeholders with different social, environmental and economic interests. It is essential that the decision makers maintain effective communication with relevant groups to avoid project failures. Although citizen participation offers a means of better addressing and meeting stakeholder concerns and expectations, the decision/evaluations of contemporary sustainable projects are becoming ever more complicated, with an increasing number of stakeholders involved to actively defend their own interests. In response, this paper provides a thorough and comprehensive analysis of the stakeholders of sustainable construction in China and quantifies their influence in decision/evaluations by semi-structured interviews (in research stage I) and a three-round Delphi survey (in research stage II). Follow-up interviews (in research stage III) are carried out to collect more in-depth views concerning the characteristics and the respective importance of each stakeholder group involved. The findings indicate that the government is the most influential entity and the extent to which its intervention is needed in balancing the interests of other stakeholders presents a major challenge. The high potential influence of end-users is also identified, suggesting the need for a more transparent and inclusive participatory decision/evaluation process in the country. An enhanced future role for NGOs is further identified.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.151
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.151
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018959352
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 173
SP - 160
EP - 170
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
ER -