在加纳的公共建筑中使用本土建筑材料的使用率较低,用有限的理性来解释
1Department of Building Technology, Kumasi Technical University, P. O. Box 854, Kumasi, Ghana.
Heliyon
|August 4, 2023
概括
该研究调查了为什么土著建筑材料 (ICMs) 没有提高加纳的建筑可持续性. 它指出高成本和缺乏替代品是关键障碍,为发展中国家提供了洞察力.
科学领域:
- 建设管理建设管理.
- 可持续发展 可持续发展 可持续发展
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 土著建筑材料 (ICMs) 对于当地建筑业的可持续性至关重要.
- 加纳建筑业 (GCI) 尚未充分利用ICM来实现可持续发展.
- 了解ICM采用障碍对于类似的发展中经济体至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析ICM在GCI中有限使用的原因.
- 通过增加ICM利用,确定增强GCI可持续性的策略.
- 为发展中国家提供一个框架,以利用本土资源促进可持续建筑.
主要方法:
- 采用混合方法的研究策略.
- 有界理性理论与实证发现相结合.
- 对ICM使用率的分析是使用实际建筑项目案例研究进行的.
主要成果:
- ICM的高成本是它们使用的重要限制.
- 由于没有合适的替代品,这进一步限制了ICM的采用.
- 经验数据提供了当地建筑材料的使用率.
结论:
- 解决成本和可用性问题对于促进ICM在GCI中至关重要.
- 这项研究为阻碍ICM使用的因素提供了先进的见解.
- 这项研究为通过本土资源在发展中国家培养可持续建筑行业提供了一条途径.
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