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Constructing futures : industry leaders and futures thinking in construction / Paul Chan, Rachel Cooper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chan, Paul, 1976-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Construction industry--Great Britain.
- Construction industry.
- Sustainable construction--Great Britain.
- Sustainable construction.
- Leadership--Great Britain.
- Leadership.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- There is growing interest in future scenario planning of the construction industry but a disconnect between thinking about the future at the policy-making level and implementing real change. Constructing Futures: industry leaders and futures thinking in construction takes a thematic approach to the future of the UK construction industry by presenting the results of a series of in-depth interviews conducted with leading construction figures and structuring this material into chapters addressing the key contemporary issues in the industry. These high-profile figures are drawn from a
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Tracing the past
- pt. 2. Eliciting the future
- pt. 2. Towards an afterthought.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612849480
- 9781282849488
- 1282849484
- 9781444327830
- 1444327836
- 9781444327847
- 1444327844
- OCLC:
- 680285682
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