This paper examines the challenges faced by construction industry stakeholders in Pakistan toward... more This paper examines the challenges faced by construction industry stakeholders in Pakistan towards adopting green building specifically focusing on the government or public sector. Pakistan Government’s lack of vision regarding green construction is perplexing and in dire need of research and policy insights. Challenges specifically in the infancy stage of Pakistan ‘Going Green’ are brought to light through a series of focused interviews of various stakeholders (involved in public sector projects) to ascertain the main reasons behind the ‘implementation gap’ in green buildings and thereby creating a climate for better adoption.
It is argued that with deeper understanding gained through stakeholder opinion research, initiating and navigating green thinking in the public sector can be made more pragmatic and seamless. This research can be applied to the wider context of developing world to facilitate governments struggling with green adoption as part of their national energy and housing policy. In the long run it can act as a catalyst for change taking us a step closer to a greener world.
Gives an overview of the level of readiness in terms of assessing the path to smart city evolutio... more Gives an overview of the level of readiness in terms of assessing the path to smart city evolution. A province wise and governance wise analysis follows highlighting some key projects.
This research in first part attempts to bring clarity to the concept of smart cities and what it ... more This research in first part attempts to bring clarity to the concept of smart cities and what it has come to mean in the developing world. Various frameworks for smart city development are analyzed. Lahore is selected as the setting for the investigation given it megacity status and significant urban mobility challenges that threaten its future governance and growth prospects. In the second part developing country challenges are analyzed to assess the applicability and replicability of smart city and smart mobility deployment success given that it’s more of a developed world concept and its functional implementation in resource constrained environments rather suspect. The Curitiba Model and a Hybrid CIGM model derived from framework analysis is formulated as the optimal solution to most of the challenges presented on the road to smart transformation. Most frameworks point to the one missing link in failed smart city projects that of stakeholder engagement and consensus. In the third part the research sharpens its focus on a detailed study of smart mobility ideas, trends and challenges and the best solutions that are offered at present globally. To add credibility to its findings from global literature and case studies the research uses an extensive panel interview process to identify indigenous smart city-mobility challenges and solutions from the stakeholder perspective. This insightful primary data when corroborated with developing country research offers a localized blueprint for success in smart mobility within the smart city framework direct from the actual stakeholders in Lahore. The aim of this research is to help policy makers, city planner and futurist thinkers develop smart city-mobility transformation projects with stakeholder sensitivity and prioritization that is workable and replicable nationwide.
This paper examines the challenges faced by construction industry stakeholders in Pakistan toward... more This paper examines the challenges faced by construction industry stakeholders in Pakistan towards adopting green building specifically focusing on the government or public sector. Pakistan Government’s lack of vision regarding green construction is perplexing and in dire need of research and policy insights. Challenges specifically in the infancy stage of Pakistan ‘Going Green’ are brought to light through a series of focused interviews of various stakeholders (involved in public sector projects) to ascertain the main reasons behind the ‘implementation gap’ in green buildings and thereby creating a climate for better adoption.
It is argued that with deeper understanding gained through stakeholder opinion research, initiating and navigating green thinking in the public sector can be made more pragmatic and seamless. This research can be applied to the wider context of developing world to facilitate governments struggling with green adoption as part of their national energy and housing policy. In the long run it can act as a catalyst for change taking us a step closer to a greener world.
Gives an overview of the level of readiness in terms of assessing the path to smart city evolutio... more Gives an overview of the level of readiness in terms of assessing the path to smart city evolution. A province wise and governance wise analysis follows highlighting some key projects.
This research in first part attempts to bring clarity to the concept of smart cities and what it ... more This research in first part attempts to bring clarity to the concept of smart cities and what it has come to mean in the developing world. Various frameworks for smart city development are analyzed. Lahore is selected as the setting for the investigation given it megacity status and significant urban mobility challenges that threaten its future governance and growth prospects. In the second part developing country challenges are analyzed to assess the applicability and replicability of smart city and smart mobility deployment success given that it’s more of a developed world concept and its functional implementation in resource constrained environments rather suspect. The Curitiba Model and a Hybrid CIGM model derived from framework analysis is formulated as the optimal solution to most of the challenges presented on the road to smart transformation. Most frameworks point to the one missing link in failed smart city projects that of stakeholder engagement and consensus. In the third part the research sharpens its focus on a detailed study of smart mobility ideas, trends and challenges and the best solutions that are offered at present globally. To add credibility to its findings from global literature and case studies the research uses an extensive panel interview process to identify indigenous smart city-mobility challenges and solutions from the stakeholder perspective. This insightful primary data when corroborated with developing country research offers a localized blueprint for success in smart mobility within the smart city framework direct from the actual stakeholders in Lahore. The aim of this research is to help policy makers, city planner and futurist thinkers develop smart city-mobility transformation projects with stakeholder sensitivity and prioritization that is workable and replicable nationwide.
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It is argued that with deeper understanding gained through stakeholder opinion research, initiating and navigating green thinking in the public sector can be made more pragmatic and seamless. This research can be applied to the wider context of developing world to facilitate governments struggling with green adoption as part of their national energy and housing policy. In the long run it can act as a catalyst for change taking us a step closer to a greener world.
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In the second part developing country challenges are analyzed to assess the applicability and replicability of smart city and smart mobility deployment success given that it’s more of a developed world concept and its functional implementation in resource constrained environments rather suspect. The Curitiba Model and a Hybrid CIGM model derived from framework analysis is formulated as the optimal solution to most of the challenges presented on the road to smart transformation. Most frameworks point to the one missing link in failed smart city projects that of stakeholder engagement and consensus.
In the third part the research sharpens its focus on a detailed study of smart mobility ideas, trends and challenges and the best solutions that are offered at present globally. To add credibility to its findings from global literature and case studies the research uses an extensive panel interview process to identify indigenous smart city-mobility challenges and solutions from the stakeholder perspective. This insightful primary data when corroborated with developing country research offers a localized blueprint for success in smart mobility within the smart city framework direct from the actual stakeholders in Lahore. The aim of this research is to help policy makers, city planner and futurist thinkers develop smart city-mobility transformation projects with stakeholder sensitivity and prioritization that is workable and replicable nationwide.
It is argued that with deeper understanding gained through stakeholder opinion research, initiating and navigating green thinking in the public sector can be made more pragmatic and seamless. This research can be applied to the wider context of developing world to facilitate governments struggling with green adoption as part of their national energy and housing policy. In the long run it can act as a catalyst for change taking us a step closer to a greener world.
In the second part developing country challenges are analyzed to assess the applicability and replicability of smart city and smart mobility deployment success given that it’s more of a developed world concept and its functional implementation in resource constrained environments rather suspect. The Curitiba Model and a Hybrid CIGM model derived from framework analysis is formulated as the optimal solution to most of the challenges presented on the road to smart transformation. Most frameworks point to the one missing link in failed smart city projects that of stakeholder engagement and consensus.
In the third part the research sharpens its focus on a detailed study of smart mobility ideas, trends and challenges and the best solutions that are offered at present globally. To add credibility to its findings from global literature and case studies the research uses an extensive panel interview process to identify indigenous smart city-mobility challenges and solutions from the stakeholder perspective. This insightful primary data when corroborated with developing country research offers a localized blueprint for success in smart mobility within the smart city framework direct from the actual stakeholders in Lahore. The aim of this research is to help policy makers, city planner and futurist thinkers develop smart city-mobility transformation projects with stakeholder sensitivity and prioritization that is workable and replicable nationwide.