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Construction health and safety in developing countries / edited by Patrick Manu [and 3 others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Spon research
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Building--Developing countries--Safety measures.
- Building.
- Construction workers--Health and hygiene--Developing countries.
- Construction workers.
- Building--Safety measures.
- Construction workers--Health and hygiene.
- Industrial safety.
- Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 324 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
- Summary:
- "There is an urgent need for information and knowledge to curtail construction work incidents in developing countries. This book presents the first compendium of credible research into the issues. It presents a number of innovative solutions to the problems or poor health, safety and wellbeing issues in emerging nations. It is a must read for all construction managers, researchers and practitioners interested in construction and occupational health and safety, safety management, engineering management and development studies. Coverage includes sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- An introduction to construction health and safety in developing countries / Patrick Manu, Fidelis Emuze, Tarcisio Saurin and Bonaventura H. W. Hadikusumo
- Implications and opportunities in a complex construction health and safety regulatory environment / Nnedinma Umeokafor, Konstantinos Evangelinos and Abimbola Windapo
- Contractors' compliance with occupational health and safety legislation in South Africa : The benefits of self-regulation / Abimbola Windapo, Oluwole Olatunji and Nnedinma Umeokafor.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781138317079
- 1138317071
- OCLC:
- 1099271122
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