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Construction Resources Management in Niger Delta's Coastal Environments: Hydro-Geomorphological Challenges to Sustainability
Abstract: A fundamental principle of sustainability in the built environment is the minimization of resource consumption. Resource management constitutes a key theme in the sustainability agenda, which affects the financial performance of construction projects. Builders are thus concerned with the control of materials, labour and plant. However, resource management poses specialized problems for coastal construction sites, due to their inherent hydro-geomorphological characteristics. The Niger Delta Region of Nigeria is an atypical …
Published in Journal of Offshore Structure and Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 34–39 Read article