International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2020
Understanding Stakeholders’ Concerns of Age-Friendly Communities at Briefing Stage: A China Study
Publication: ICCREM 2020: Intelligent Construction and Sustainable Buildings
ABSTRACT
The rapid ageing society in the urbanised world urges cities to make changes and be well prepared for challenges arise. Promoting age-friendly communities (AFCs) will not only be helpful to achieve WHO’s sustainable goals, but also shape cities more inclusive and equitable places. For developing countries like China, stakeholders face more challenges as medical care, the welfare system, and urban-rural integration issues have not been well addressed. Therefore, understanding stakeholders’ concerns at the briefing stage will be helpful to promote active collaborations. This study first reviews stakeholders and their roles to play in AFCs projects, critical factors of building AFCs, and the importance of the briefing stage; then applies a two-mode social network to analyse relationships of stakeholders and critical factors based on the evaluation metrices generated from three rounds of focus group meetings. According to the results, specific features of Chinese stakeholders and critical factors, challenges of promoting AFCs under Chinese background, and potential strategies to mitigate stakeholders’ conflicts at the briefing stage are discussed. The outcomes of this study can serve as references to understand relationships between stakeholders and critical factors, which may, therefore, improve the AFCs constructing management processes in urban China.
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ICCREM 2020: Intelligent Construction and Sustainable Buildings
Pages: 639 - 650
Editors: Yaowu Wang, Ph.D., Harbin Institute of Technology, Thomas Olofsson, Ph.D., Luleå University of Technology, and Geoffrey Q. P. Shen, Ph.D., Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8323-7
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Published online: Oct 14, 2020
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