The Elgar Companion to the Built Environment and the Sustainable Development Goals

Edited by Alex Opoku, Associate Professor, Department of Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE

Contents:

Foreword I: The cutting edge of built environment sustainability research – theoretical
development and application of the Sustainable Development Goals xviii
Chris Gorse
Foreword II xxi
Peter Guthrie

1 Introduction to The Elgar Companion to the Built Environment and the
Sustainable Development Goals 1
Alex Opoku

PART I THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND THE SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
2 From the MDGs to the SDGs: The role of construction 20
George Ofori
3 The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges 44
Alex Opoku, Tariq Umar and Judith Amudjie
4 The built environment’s contribution to the progress of the sustainable
development goals 58
Tariq Umar, Alex Opoku, Nnedinma Umeokafor and Sa’id Ahmed

PART II PEOPLE, BUILT ENVIRONMENT, AND THE SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
5 Regenerating urban slums for the sustainable development goals in developing countries 84
Andrew Ebekozien, Clinton Aigbavboa, Mohamad Shaharudin Samsurijan and
Radin Badaruddin Rabin Firdaus
6 Urban green spaces for urban farms and the sustainable development goals 104
Alex Opoku, Judith Amudjie, Moohammed Wasim Yahia and
Victoria Maame Afriyie Kumah
7 Equitable productive urban green spaces as a goal towards sustainable development 121
Amritha Palakkadavath Kumarankutty
8 Advancing the sustainable development goals through the promotion of health
and well-being in the built environment 137
Alex Opoku, Francis K. Bondinuba, Nana Yaw Barimah Manaphraim and
Godwin Kugblenu
9 Gender equality in the built environment towards the 2030 agenda for
sustainable development 158
Alex Opoku, Edna Twumwaa Frimpong, Samuel Ekung and Renee Etokakpan
10 Education for sustainable development, the built environment, and the
sustainable development goals 178
Alex Opoku, Samuel Ekung, Godwin Kugblenu and Emad S. N. Mushtaha

PART III PLANET, BUILT ENVIRONMENT, AND THE SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
11 Net-zero energy buildings and the sustainable development goals 196
Vian Ahmed, Sara Saboor, Hessa Ahmed Alshamsi, Fatima Ahmed Almarzooqi,
Mariam Abdalla Alketbi and Fatema Ahmed Al Marei
12 Retrofitting buildings towards the realisation of the sustainable development goals 217
Nutifafa Geh, Fidelis Emuze and Ericsson Mapfumo
13 Circular economy in the built environment: A catalyst for achieving the
sustainable development goals (SDGs) 231
Alex Opoku, Kofi Agyekum, Iva Bimpli and Ellen Amoh
14 Contributions of environmental management systems (ISO 14001) towards the
delivery of sustainable development goal 12 250
Rosemary Horry, Colin A. Booth and Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu
15 Impact of construction and demolition waste on the realisation of the
sustainable development goals 265
B R Viswalekshmi, Deepthi Bendi, Alex Opoku and Godwin Kugblenu
16 Construction procurement and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) 280
Brandsford Kwame Gidigah, Kofi Agyekum, Bernard Kofi Baiden and
Edward Ayebeng Botchway
17 Lean construction and SDGs: Delivering value and performance in the
built environment 294
Alex Opoku, Ayomikun Solomon Adewumi, Ka Leung Lok (Lawrence) and
Ellen Amoh
18 Climate change, the built environment, and the sustainable development goals 315
Yaning Qiao
19 Biodiversity conservation, the built environment, and the sustainable
development goals 330
Alex Opoku and Benjamin Baah

PART IV PROSPERITY, BUILT ENVIRONMENT, AND THE SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
20 Urban futures, localisation, and the role of sustainable development goals 353
Timothy J. Dixon
21 Social value, the built environment, and the sustainable development goals 372
Ani Raiden, Andrew King and Alex Opoku
22 The built environment and industry/construction 4.0 technologies towards
achieving SDGs 387
Aseel A. Hussien and Ayomikun Solomon Adewumi
23 The role of infrastructure in achieving the sustainable development goals in
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) 404
Alex Opoku, Peter Guthrie, Yaning Qiao, Moohammed Wasim Yahia and
Kwabena Opoku-Ntim
24 Traditional architectural knowledge systems and the sustainable
development goals 420
Athira Sushama Bhaskaran, Amritha Palakkadavath Kumarankutty and
Chithra Kurukkanari
25 Sustainable facility management practices and the sustainable development goals 439
Ka Leung Lok (Lawrence), Alex Opoku, Andrew J. Smith and Ka Lam Cheung

PART V PARTNERSHIP, BUILT ENVIRONMENT, AND THE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
26 Public-private partnerships (PPPs) for the realisation of the sustainable
development agenda in the built environment 457
Sulafa Badi and Mohamed Alhosani
27 Organisational learning and stakeholder engagement in construction towards
the realisation of the SDGs 481
Samuel Ekung, Alex Opoku and Isaac Odesola
28 The contribution of project management to the sustainable development goals 500
Alex Opoku, Georgios Kapogiannis, Kelvin Saddul and Dickson Osei-Asibey
29 Contemporary issues in construction affecting the realisation of the SDGs in
developing countries 523
Samuel Ekung, Alex Opoku and Christian Asuquo
30 The emerging trends in built environment research and the sustainable
development goals (SDGs) 540
Kenneth Otasowie, Clinton Aigbavboa and Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke