... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Vacant houses Adaptive reuse Urban shrinkage Heritage conservation Sustainable development Urban shrinkage and housing abandonment have emerged as critical challenges in Japan’s post-growth era, driven by a rapidly ageing...

... 2025 24 11 2025 26 11 2025 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Authorities Challenge Construction waste EFQM Interview PRISMA Sustainable development Circular economy The rapid development of the construction...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Construction demolition waste (CDW) Circular economy (CE) Sustainable development Waste management Construction industry (CI) Environmental impact (EI) Emerging and developing economies...

...Saira Tufail; Naila Erum; Kazi Musa; Jamaliah Said; Manuel A. Zambrano-Monserrate Purpose The circular economy plays a significant and complex role in advancing sustainable development through resource efficiency, waste reduction and ecosystem protection. Nevertheless, the empirical investigation...

... population growth, inadequate infrastructure and poor living conditions. Therefore, in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 11, this study aims to identify and assess the key infrastructure challenges and explore the underlying relationships among them impacting the community members in the informal...

... (Wang and Wang, 2019). Atul Kumar Singh can be contacted at: as9892@srmist.edu.in 09 11 2023 13 01 2024 02 03 2024 10 03 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Digital twins Sustainability Sustainable...

...Alaa Alsherfawi Aljazaerly; Seth Asare Okyere; Stephen Leonard Mensah; Matthew Abunyewah; Louis Kusi Frimpong; Michihiro Kita Purpose Integrating and advancing social sustainability is foundational to achieving the urban sustainable development goals. Given the rapid transformation of cities...

... to remain profitable as an alternative to other means of transport as well as improve agglomeration (Yang et al., 2019). In developing a smart city, high-capacity urban rails meet the sustainable development requirements as they are 200% much more efficient in energy consumption per kilometre...

... into the overall NRW problem and the strategies best equipped to address it. Authorities can use these findings to develop case-specific NRW reduction action plans that save water and energy, while providing other economic benefits. In addition, NRW reduction can improve WDN reliability. Sustainable development...

... Worn-out neighborhoods New-urbanism Sustainable development Space syntax Rudsar Growth, development and density in cities have been considered as the most important factors affecting urban life (Yang et al., 2018). The fact that a city is growing is a sign of health and prosperity...

... it difficult to classify the findings in a specific context. Originality/value The present paper serves as a base to understand the implications of digital transformation on sustainable development for businesses and societies. More specifically, digital transformation can be defined as “the most...

... is fundamental to attracting direct investments that can benefit the local population. Originality/value The results could help governments, economists and planners implement multisector developmental hubs to achieve sustainable development. Economic smart hubs Regional planning development strategies...

...Caleb Debrah; De-Graft Owusu-Manu; Ernest Kissi; Eric Oduro-Ofori; David John Edwards Purpose Of late, cities across the globe are taking pragmatic steps towards addressing environmental, social and economic problems in the debate on sustainable development. Even so, little attention has been paid...

...Frank Ato Ghansah; De-Graft Owusu-Manu; Joshua Ayarkwa Purpose The necessity for sustainable development and high building performance has led to the adoption of smart building technologies (SBTs) in the construction community. The SBTs adoption has been hindered in many different parts...

... of agricultural processes in the area, whose results will also be very useful for the analysis of the issue throughout the agricultural sector in general, at a national or international level. Contributing in the same way to the fulfillment of the goals of the sustainable development goals. Albeiro Alberto...

...Debby Willar; Estrellita Varina Yanti Waney; Daisy Debora Grace Pangemanan; Rudolf Estephanus Golioth Mait Purpose In responding to global issues of creating sustainable development, the Indonesian government has enacted regulations (i.e. Ministry of Public Works and Housing No. 05/PRT/M/2015...

... that potentially improve inhabitant self-reliance towards their built environment. Figure 1 DRM framework Quasi-experiment Sustainable development Sub-Sahara Africa Applied design research Design support evaluation Inhabitant self-reliance The author’s overall research is situated on Mt...

... of respondents’ education Figure 3 Respondents’ length of experience in the Pakistan construction industry Green building is the foundation of sustainable development (AlSanad, 2015). It makes efficient use of natural resources during the design, construction, operation, maintenance...

...Gareth Abrahams Purpose The purpose of this paper is to ask how two normative definitions of sustainable development identified in the Brundtland report contribute to individual definitions constructed by a network of professional actors working in the construction industry. Design/methodology...

... concept into construction-related courses and curricula is one of effective ways to improve the sustainability literacy of QS students who will become professional quantity surveyors in the future. However, it is not easy to implement sustainable development without appropriate skills and knowledge...