Martini, Eduard (2021) Social sustainability efficacy opportunities: A multi-method analysis of social sustainability in two construction projects in the pre-construction phase. Master thesis.
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Abstract
This paper aims to provide opportunities and recommendations to enhance the efficacy of social sustainability ambitions in the context of project management in the pre-construction phase of large construction projects. A case study analysis is used of two construction projects nearing the end of the planning phase in their project life cycle. Social sustainability as one of three pillars of sustainable development has strengthened its position in both scientific contributions and practical applicability, but remains left behind in terms of assessing, measuring and evaluating its influence in a project context. By an extensive document review and conducting semi-structured interviews with involved experts, the role of social sustainability in the projects, but also in a construction project context in general is researched. It can be concluded from the analysis of the collected data compared to a theoretical literature review that the current definition of social sustainability has not been clearly established, leading to an ambiguity in planning practice. As a consequence of this, the social dimension have been given less attention to. It also left some indicators to be more qualitative in nature, complicating its assessment. A used definition in the context of project management should include the factor of time, as well as both a social and a societal element. To improve the efficacy of the implementation of the social dimension within project management, practical methods used would benefit from integrating the social sustainability dimension with the environmental and economic sustainability themes. Furthermore, participatory processes using strategic stakeholder management during the pre-construction phase comes out of this study as a powerful tool, which would increase the possibility of achieving set social sustainability ambitions. It should be incorporated within the process of implementing and setting up those ambitions.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Society, Sustainability and Planning (MSc Socio-spatial Planning) |
| Supervisor: | Leendertse, W.L. |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Feb 2021 12:46 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2021 12:46 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3402 |
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