"This book brings together topics on understanding business strategy and competitive advantage and the essential benefits of concepts and technologies for improving efficiency of the construction industry"--Provided by publisher.

"This book examines emergent research on smart innovations within built urban environments, featuring best practices and theoretical frameworks, as well as potential issues in the implementation of smart and green technology in urban settings"--Provided by publisher.

"Though the challenges confronting the construction industry in developing countries have grown, current research rarely presents effective solutions. This book focuses on the generic subjects relating to the construction industry in developing countries, and provides an up-to-date insight into...

"Economic growth and socio-economic development are particuliarly important for developing countries, and the construction industry plays a central role in driving both of these.Traditionally the issues faced have been assumed to be merely offshoots of those encountered in industrialised nations...

This innovative Research Companion considers the history, nature and status of construction economics, and its need for development as a field in order to be recognised as a distinct discipline. It presents a state-of-the-art review of construction economics, identifying areas for further...

"This book presents a state-of-the-art account of the recent developments and needs for project management in developing countries. It adds to the current state of knowledge on project management in general by capturing current trends, how they widen the content and scope of the field, and why...

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