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Purpose- This paper explores the building blocks of risk governance systems that are equipped to manage systemic risk in the 21st century. Whilst approaches to risk governance have been evolving for more than a decade, recent disa...
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Purpose- This paper explores the building blocks of risk governance systems that are equipped to manage systemic risk in the 21st century. Whilst approaches to risk governance have been evolving for more than a decade, recent disasters have shown that conventional risk management solutions need to be complemented with a multidimensional risk approach to govern complex risks and prevent major, often simultaneous, crises with cascading and knock-on effects on multiple, interrelated systems at scale. The paper explores which risk governance innovations will be essential to provide the enabling environment for sustainable development that is resilient to interrelated shocks and risks.Design/methodology/approach- This interdisciplinary literature review-based thought piece highlights how systemic risk is socially constructed and identifies guiding principles for systemic risk governance that could be actionable by and provide entry points for local and national governments, civil society and the private sector. particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), in a way that is relevant to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This considers preparedness, response and resilience, but more importantly prospective and corrective risk control and reduction strategies and mechanisms. Only when systemic risk is framed in a way that is relevant to the political agendas of countries will it be possible to begin a dialogue for its governance.Findings- The paper identifies opportunities at the global, national and local levels, which together draw up a viable framework for systemic risk governance that (1) embraces the governance of sustainability and resilience through a strengthened holistic governance framework for social, economic, territorial and environmental development; (2) improves managing conventional risk to ultimately manage systemic risks; (3) fosters the understanding of vulnerability and exposure to gain insight into systemic risk; (4) places a greater focus on prospective risk management; (5) manages systemic risk in local infrastructure systems, supply chains and ecosystems; (6) shifts the focus from protecting privatized gains to managing socialized risk.Originality/value- The choices and actions that societies take on the path of their development are contributing intentionally or unintentionally to the construction of systemic risks, which result in knock-on effects among interconnected social, environmental, political and economic systems. These risks are manifesting in major crises with cascading effects and a real potential to undermine the achievement of the SDGs, as COVID-19 is a stark reminder of. This paper offers the contours of a new risk governance paradigm that is able to navigate the new normal in a post-COVID world and is equipped to manage systemic risk.
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Comprehensively identifying factors governing project delivery system (PDS) selection is crucial for construction projects. This paper aims at constructing a holistic system of governing factors. Based on review of previous studie...
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Comprehensively identifying factors governing project delivery system (PDS) selection is crucial for construction projects. This paper aims at constructing a holistic system of governing factors. Based on review of previous studies, project condition factors and performance objective factors were identified to construct the factor system. To explore the perspective divergences, content analyses on Chinese and developed countries' literature were performed. The emphasizing frequencies of factors were calculated. T tests were performed to compare the relative importance of factors. Principal component analysis was employed to identify key factors. The results show that three groups of factors, namely, internal project conditions, external project conditions and project performance objective factors are the main factors governing PDS selection. Some factors are of different importance in China and developed countries, mirroring the management maturity and philosophy gaps. The proposed factor system acts as a guidance to PDS selection and lays solid foundation for future studies. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. APM and IPMA. All rights reserved.
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This paper develops a simulation model for analyzing how government incentives and punishments improve contractors' participation in resource utilization of construction and demolition waste (RUCDW) based on system dynamics theory...
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This paper develops a simulation model for analyzing how government incentives and punishments improve contractors' participation in resource utilization of construction and demolition waste (RUCDW) based on system dynamics theory. The construction industry's long-term objective is to become more sustainable and resource-effective, and as part of this objective, generated construction and demolition waste should be recycled and resource utilized. However, most contractors have little willingness to engage in RUCDW because it increases their costs. The government thus plays a vital role in improving their participation in RUCDW through a range of educational tools such as advertisements, professional training, incentives, and punishments. Among these approaches, incentives and punishments are considered the most effective because they directly change project costs. We use the Vensim software package for numerical simulation and data collected from Suzhou, China are used to demonstrate and validate the developed model. Simulation results show that the government can improve contractors' participation in RUCDW through three kinds of incentives and punishments: (1) subsidizing RUCDW; (2) increasing landfill fees; and 3) issuing fines for illegal dumping. Comprehensive application of multiple policies has a stronger effect than single policies. The established model is therefore a valuable tool for assessing the dynamic effects of government incentives and punishments on RUCDW ahead of implementation, which can provide guidance for policymakers.
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Purpose - The role of a government investment project (GIP) management supervisor is to improve supervision performance and the Chinese government has issued a series of polices, displaying the determination to solve supervision p...
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Purpose - The role of a government investment project (GIP) management supervisor is to improve supervision performance and the Chinese government has issued a series of polices, displaying the determination to solve supervision problems. The purpose of this paper is to assist the government to play its role of supervisor and to realize progress supervision performance for GIP in practice with the Agent Construction System (ACS). Design/methodology/approach - Taking consideration of the essence of ACS, the paper analyzes the system supported theory, which is a supervision mechanism, with contract management as the core and goals as orientation. The authors design the system frame and its composing modules according to the main function of this information system. Findings - The research builds an expected supervision information system with four functional modules, which is designed according to logical sequence of supervision, based on a theoretical supervision mechanism. Originality/value - The system is, to the best of the authors' knowledge, the most advanced and practical information system for GIP supervision published in the literature.
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The governance of construction sector development constitutes an important policy issue in many European countries due to the increasing impact that construction as well as the built environment have on gross domestic product and ...
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The governance of construction sector development constitutes an important policy issue in many European countries due to the increasing impact that construction as well as the built environment have on gross domestic product and the environment. Previous studies have discussed how national construction industries have been framed as objects of development. However, less attention has been placed on exploring how an industry is recognized and framed as an object that can be subjected to organized development activities from the viewpoint of strategically motivated actors, and how such framing activities may be governed. Based on a case study of the sector development activities in the Danish construction industry, this paper argues that governance strategies should not necessarily be designed to ensure the development of a single industrial conceptualization. First, drawing on concepts from institutional theory it is suggested that strategic framing activities aiming to conceptualize an industry as a sectoral object of development are likely to generate multiple and incommensurable representations with different and conflicting strategic implications. Second, if faced with a development agenda composed of multiple incommensurable sector representations, then the most productive governance response may be to recognize and accept their conflicting strategic implications.
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During the transformational period from a planned economic system to a market-oriented one, China's construction business system is in an intermediate stage of development. The developing business system has played an increasingly...
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During the transformational period from a planned economic system to a market-oriented one, China's construction business system is in an intermediate stage of development. The developing business system has played an increasingly important part in regulating the relations between various actors in the building sector, but the disordered situation in the construction market has fully revealed the shortcomings of the system. Using international experience and practice for reference, China is making efforts to promote the construction business system with Chinese characteristics. The institutional change involves reforms in legislation, property rights, price mechanism and the investment system. The crucial issue lies in deregulation, but this is difficult to realize for a government-led reform. Only if government's control and intervention are decreased enough can the construction market and related professional bodies play their proper roles so that the development platform of China's construction industry can be gradually perfected.
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The Integrated Construction Services Information System (ICSIS) project is one of the Indonesian government's initiatives to meet public demand for better construction business services. Despite being in operation for approximatel...
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The Integrated Construction Services Information System (ICSIS) project is one of the Indonesian government's initiatives to meet public demand for better construction business services. Despite being in operation for approximately 6 (six) years, ICSIS performs poorly. Fragmented business processes, noninteroperable systems, and unaccountable data all demonstrate poor performance in this regard. With all the best efforts, ICSIS only reaches 12% of the total target users. This paper discusses a problem-structuring approach to problem analysis and comprehension, as well as the critical factors to consider through stakeholder interaction. From various perspectives, the results of this structuring phase using literature study, comparative analysis and soft systems methodology indicate that multidimensional factors must be considered in order to achieve the expected ICSIS values. This technique assists decision makers in developing a multidimensional model in ICSIS project management with the goal of fostering more dependable and long-term e-government in the construction services.
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The article studies the problems of management as a system of task-oriented measures to effect the economic system at all its hierarchical levels. The factors of government control that reduce the investment efficiency in Russia a...
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The article studies the problems of management as a system of task-oriented measures to effect the economic system at all its hierarchical levels. The factors of government control that reduce the investment efficiency in Russia are identified. The courses of further development of investment policy are summarized.
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Public participation is an effective way to improve the development of innovative cities and high-quality cities. Based on the theory of planned behaviour, this study conducted a questionnaire survey on 934 public participants, an...
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Public participation is an effective way to improve the development of innovative cities and high-quality cities. Based on the theory of planned behaviour, this study conducted a questionnaire survey on 934 public participants, and used structural equation model and bootstrapping method to empirically analyse the correlation mechanism between public participation willingness, public participation behaviour and innovative city construction, and innovative city construction performance. Through the survey results of this paper, it is found that the more optimised the government system construction is, the more conducive it is to improve the effectiveness of public participation behaviour, and thus improve the performance of innovative city construction. In addition, this study also puts forward three suggestions to promote the construction of innovative cities: to create an innovative atmosphere and mobilise the enthusiasm of public participation, with a view to improving and strengthening the depth of public participation through various channels.
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Construction waste typically accounts for roughly 30% of municipal solid waste and thus poses a great challenge to government authorities in almost all cities around the world, especially those in developing counties. To promote t...
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Construction waste typically accounts for roughly 30% of municipal solid waste and thus poses a great challenge to government authorities in almost all cities around the world, especially those in developing counties. To promote the adoption of circular economy and improve construction waste management performance in China's construction and demolition waste industry, a policy analysis is conducted at three governance levels: the national, provincial, and municipal levels. These policies are examined in relation to the waste management chain, the waste management hierarchy, and governance levels. In particular, four cities, including Beijing, Shenzhen, Xi'an and Changsha, are examined as cases in the analysis. It is found that (1) more attention should be given to construction waste management in all cities, as approximately 44% of all cities do not have their own regulations; (2) the focuses of these policies shift from the end of the construction waste chain to the start of the construction waste management chain, and then to the whole chain; (3) financial and technological instruments could greatly improve performance; and (4) new technologies and instruments could facilitate communications between stakeholders to improve construction waste performance.
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