- Title
- An integrated research design for developing a holistic sustainable decision making framework in regenerating Chinese cities
- Creator
- Dong, Wenli; Mackee, Jamie; Mak, Michael
- Relation
- 20th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate. Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate (Hangzhou, China 23-25 October, 2015) p. 509-520
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0855-9_45
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- It has often been recognised that urban planning and regeneration play a crucial role in the achievement of urban sustainability. However, problems still exist with regards to the approaches for decision making in urban regeneration of Chinese cities. Significant limitations are identified and discussed in the context of sustainability, such as the reductionism within many of the approaches and the lack of holism in the evaluation. The identified deficiencies provide the motivation for the development of a new framework which can integrate the hierarchical structure and holistic utilisation of sustainability in the built environment. The framework helps decision makers identify the sustainability aspects involved in an urban planning project, guiding them in the evaluation on the basis of a number of problem solving methods. This paper describes the development of the research methodology. It is structured into four main sections. In order to address the research question and select the appropriate research methods for achieving the research objectives, the opening section provides information on the contemporary context of the study area. Existing inductive modelling approaches and their suitability to this research are discussed. Then the following section provides the research objectives and a justification for the chosen strategy. Both the selection of the research theory and the immediate context of the study are discussed. Subsequently, the logic linking the research design to the research objectives is considered. Finally, the detailed methodology for building an integrated sustainability evaluating framework will be introduced. Case studies are adopted to show the benefits of the framework in the urban projects and across different design processes. Practical applications of the framework are used to test the validity of this approach in different cultural regions and using different local practices. The resulting framework will provide a significant step forward in understanding and evaluating the built environment in the context of a sustainable urban development in China.
- Subject
- research design; decision making; urban regeneration
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1390030
- Identifier
- uon:32975
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789811008542
- Language
- eng
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