... for overcoming them. This study aims to advance understanding of the barriers to sustainable project management in Iran as a representative developing country. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive literature review identified thirty potential barriers, which informed the design of a questionnaire...

...Ali Fathalizadeh; M. Reza Hosseini; Seyyed Saeed Vaezzadeh; David J. Edwards; Igor Martek; Salman Shooshtarian Purpose The barriers to integrating sustainable practices into construction project management require extensive resource allocations to resolve. Within developing countries such as Iran...

...Mohammad Paydar; Enayatollah Rahimi Purpose Iran’s metropolitan areas are growing rapidly, and, among them, Shiraz has experienced a high rate of urban sprawl in recent decades. On the other hand, besides wasting the resources, urban sprawl does not follow the principles of sustainable urban...

...Sadra Sahebzadeh; Zahra Dalvand; Milad Sadeghfar; Ali Heidari Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce and discuss 11 strategies and 11 sets of tools to provide a knowledge background on how native people of Iran have come up with innovative solutions to create a sustainable...