REVIEW ARTICLE
Built environment and management: exploring grand challenges and management issues in built environment
. School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.. School of Management, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China.. School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University, Melbourne 3001, Australia.. Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Accepted: 2019-08-01
Available online: 2019-08-01
Abstract
Engineering management research objects have gradually been transformed from micro-scale projects to macro-scale built environment. Built environment has driven the advancement of civilization through human history. From the Stone Age to the modern era, built environment, which refers to manmade surroundings, has provided the setting for human activities. Built environment has undergone developments and evolution processes as civilization grew. Today, technological advancements cause influences of built environment to encompass every aspect of life, as material, spatial and cultural products of the human labor force, which combines material factors and energy in a lively way of work and in forms. However, the concept of built environment remains unclear. Built environment faces a major challenge, such as the use of science and technology to solve key national and global issues. Thus, the definitions of built environment were systematically reviewed and summarized from different perspectives and levels to address these issues. The grand challenges of built environment, including climate change and energy consumption, urbanization and infrastructure construction, growth, and innovation, were summarized. Furthermore, the corresponding management issues and future development strategies were proposed to solve identified challenges of built environment.
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