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Despite increased prosperity in sustainable construction in China, numerous issues still exist hindering its further development. The process and outcome of green project evaluation is often criticised for lacking credibility and acceptability. To overcome this necessitates stakeholder engagement and the research presented has thoroughly analysed the stakeholders of sustainable construction in China through a series of interviews. As a result, 7 relevant stakeholder groups are identified comprising (1) government organizations; (2) owners; (3) designers; (4) contractors; (5) end-users; (6) non-governmental organizations; and (7) other relevant groups (e.g. material/technology providers, etc.) with respective characteristics illustrated in details. The relative importance of each stakeholder group is then rated by adopting the mean score ranking technique. The research findings are valuable for academia/practitioners to prioritise various stakeholder groups during their participation and therefore establish an effective and efficient participatory model assessing the life-cycle sustainability of green buildings in China.
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This project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71501074), the State Key Lab of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology, China (Grant No. 2016ZB16) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Approval No. 2015BS11; Project No. x2tj/D215315w).
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Li, H., Thomas Ng, S., Dong, Y. (2018). Stakeholder Analysis of Sustainable Construction in China. In: Chau, K., Chan, I., Lu, W., Webster, C. (eds) Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6190-5_117
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