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New Perspectives on Construction in Developing Countries.
Developing countries face the challenge of maintaining economic growth and socio-economic development, at the core of which sits the construction industry. Considerable research on construction in developing countries took place in the 1970's and 1980's, but little since, a gap which this...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- New Perspectives on Construction in Developing Countries; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 The construction industries in developing countries: Strategic review of the book; Part I Construction and economic development; 2 Changes in societies and economies New imperatives; 3 Construction in the economy and its role in socio-economic development; 4 Construction and Millennium Development Goals; Part II Construction industry development: macro-level issues.
- 5 Institution building in construction industries in developing countries6 Championing of construction industry development programmes and initiatives; 7 Informal construction activity in developing countries; Part III Construction development issues: key areas; 8 Construction technology development and innovation; 9 Human resource development in construction; 10 Contractor development; 11 The critical role of consulting firms in the acceleration of infrastructure delivery and the improvement of the quality of life; 12 Financing construction projects in developing countries; Author index.