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Construction management and a state of zero waste

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dc.contributor.authorChileshe, N.
dc.contributor.authorZuo, J.
dc.contributor.authorPullen, S.
dc.contributor.authorZillante, G.
dc.contributor.editorLehmann, S.
dc.contributor.editorCrocker, R.
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractWe are living in a world of rapid change, and this includes changes in the way that we work and live. Yet in discussion and debate about the urgent need for individuals, families and communities to adopt more sustainable lifestyles, the modern and changing systems in which we work, study, parent and live are of ten ignored. in this chapter, we apply a social systems theory to describe how the domains of work, home and community, separately and together, affect scope and opportunity for reducing water, waste, energy, transport and carbon emissions, at home and at work. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2007, p59) observed that changes to individual and household consumption, transport, housing and lifestyle are an important part of the broader effort to address climate change. These changes will only be achieved when we break through the myth of the autonomous individual with the freedom to make sustainable choices armed with the right information and attitude. Instead, we must understand, and engage with, the complex nexus of employment, social, financial, temporal and spatial factors that interact to create daily life and, hence, the barriers or levers for change that create the capacity to live more sustainably.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityNicholas Chileshe, Jian Zuo, Stephen Pullen and George Zillante
dc.identifier.citationDesigning for Zero Waste: Consumption, Technologies and the Built Environment, 2012 / Lehmann, S., Crocker, R. (ed./s), vol.-, Ch.14, pp.284-306
dc.identifier.doi10.4324/9780203146057
dc.identifier.isbn9781849714341
dc.identifier.orcidZuo, J. [0000-0002-8279-9666]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/77539
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEarthscan
dc.publisher.placeOxon, UK
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEarthscan Series on Sustainable Design
dc.rights© 2012 individual chapters, the contributors
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780203146057
dc.titleConstruction management and a state of zero waste
dc.typeBook chapter
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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