The management of sustainable development: the practice among Malaysian local government’s staff
Sustainable development has become an important aspect in the local governments’ planning development. There are many ways in which sustainability issues can be incorporated in to the design, construction, operation and deconstruction of buildings. Importantly sustainability represents the link betw...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5684/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5684/1/forjournallor.pdf |
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| Summary: | Sustainable development has become an important aspect in the local governments’ planning development. There are many ways in which sustainability issues can be incorporated in to the design, construction, operation and deconstruction of buildings. Importantly sustainability represents the link between society and built environment professionals. In this study, the focus is aimed at the role of the Local Governments and how they play their roles for sustainable development. Therefore, this study involved distributing questionnaire to 55 local governments. The result shows that local governments’ staff need better understanding and awareness of Sustainable Development. This study is to contribute to the enrichment of knowledge on the role of Local Governments in Sustainable Development. Therefore, this research this study shows that sustainable development is low in percentage of being practiced.
Keywords: sustainable development, local government, staff’s practices
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