Barriers to Sustainable Practices in the Construction IndustryA Bibliometric Analysis and Thematic Classification

Title

Barriers to Sustainable Practices in the Construction IndustryA Bibliometric Analysis and Thematic Classification

Creator

Benham, Angela; Pullot, Lijeesh

Description

Several studies explored the challenges involved in adopting sustainable practices in the construction industry from the perspective of different stakeholders, mainly developers, architects, consultants, and contractors. These challenges include financial constraints, lack of awareness, human resource issues, government policies, and market dynamics. However, a comprehensive bibliometric analysis and thematic classification of these barriers covering different aspects of sustainable construction is scarce owing to the fragmented nature of the literature. The objectives of the study are(1). To examine the literature on barriers to incorporating sustainable practices in building construction, operation and demolition (2). To provide a thematic classification of the barriers (3). To identify research gaps and suggest avenues for further research. The articles were retrieved from the Scopus database and refined using PRISMA guidelines. 221 studies were included in the bibliometric analysis. Biblioshiny was used to identify the publication trends, most relevant countries, authors, publications, and highly cited articles. Furthermore, 30 empirical studies were analysed using NVivo 12 software to classify the barriers into the following themes: finance-related, attitude and behaviour-related, knowledge and awareness-related, government-related and market-related. The sub-themes cover various issues related to the development of sustainable buildings: prefabrication, Building Information Modelling, Cloud Computing, procurement of sustainable materials, energy management, managing sustainable projects and construction and demolition waste management. These comprehensive insights could help practitioners and policy-makers develop strategies to drive the construction industry towards achieving its sustainability goals. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.

Source

Studies in Systems, Decision and Control;Volume;237;pp.47-58

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

Subject

Bibliometric analysis; Sustainable construction barriers; Thematic classification

Coverage

Benham A., Christ University, Bangalore, India; Pullot L., Christ University, Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISSN: 21984182;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86708-8_4

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