Sustainable Construction Management and Transportation Planning: Implications for Decarbonisation and Net-Zero Emissions (Routledge Research in Sustainable Urbanism)

Sustainable Construction Management and Transportation Planning offers a comprehensive analysis of the prospects and challenges of decarbonising the environment.

Examining smart technologies, such as drones, blockchain technology, artificial intelligence and virtual reality, the book investigates their role in minimizing the effects of climate change. It also addresses the key challenges in decarbonising the environment, including cost, cultural resistance, lack of standardization and regulation, and a lack of coordination between various stakeholders. In doing so, the authors shed light on the importance of policies in driving decarbonization efforts and how these must be implemented and coordinated in a supportive manner across all sectors, regions and industries, ensuring that all stakeholders work together to meet global climate goals.

This book will appeal to policy makers, academics, researchers, transport planners, urban planners, and urban/transport planning students looking to learn more about the appropriate smart technologies for sustainable transport planning in smart cities.

Oluwayemi-Oniya Aderibigbe is a Professional Planner and a Lecturer in the Department of Logistics and Transport Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. She is also a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning within the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment in the University of Johannesburg (UJ). She holds a PhD in Transport Management Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure Nigeria as well as a masters and bachelors degree in Urban and Regional Planning, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile ife Nigeria. Her research interests include urban transportation planning, travel behaviour studies, sustainable and smart cities, climate change, emerging technologies in urban planning and green economy. Her research interests leverage a combination of experimental and empirical approaches using both qualitative and quantitative data to study complex problems in the field of urban planning. She has published in reputable chapters, peer-reviewed journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings.

Taiwo Fadeke Adegbembo is a Lecturer in the Department of Quantity Surveying, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria with 10 years’ Academic work experience. She is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyor and registered with the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria. She holds a PhD, Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying from the Federal University of Technology, Akure Nigeria. Her research interests include sustainable construction, knowledge management, construction economics, innovations in construction and construction management. Her research interests leverage a combination of experimental and empirical approaches using both qualitative and quantitative data to study complex problems in the field of quantity surveying. She has published in reputable peer-reviewed journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings.

Trynos Gumbo is a C2 NRF rated researcher and a SACPLAN Registered Professional Planner; who is currently working as a Full Professor and leader of the Sustainable and Smart Cities and Regions (SSCR) group within the Department of Urban and Regional Planning within the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa. He Holds a PhD from Stellenbosch University, South Africa as well as masters and honours degrees from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), Zimbabwe. He has previously worked in the Africa Institute of South Africa of the Human Sciences Research Council as a research specialist and Acting Head for the sustainable development programme. Prof Gumbo has also worked as an international instructor in the urban management master’s programme within the Ethiopian Civil Service University College (ECSUC) in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Before, Prof Gumbo had worked as lecturer and Head of Department at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Zimbabwe. He has attended and presented at several national and international conferences and has published widely in a variety of research areas that include informality, housing, urban planning, development and management. His research interests include urban transportation planning and management, sustainable and smart cities development, housing and economic informality, green economy and renewable energy generation from waste and innovative building technologies and materials.