Abstract
Owing to the adverse impact of the architecture, engineering and construction industry on the human and natural environment, the adoption of green building (GB) has been on the rise globally. The significant rise in the number of global research output on GB is a pointer to its proliferation. In this paper, a novel scientometric analysis of GB research in Africa is presented. This study aims to analyze and visualize GB research output in Africa from the millennium development goals (MDGs) era up to the present sustainable development goals (SDGs) era. A quantitative method (science mapping) was employed to analyze the 156 bibliometric records gathered from the Scopus database. An analysis of the dataset reveals that significant contribu-tions to GB research in Africa originate from Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, Ghana, Morocco, Kenya, Mauritius, Ethiopia and Cameroon. This research provides stakeholders in the built environment with the requisite knowledge and understand-ing of the trend and state of GB research in Africa, which will help in guiding poli-cymaking, research directions and intervention areas in every sector of the economy.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 83-86 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Green Building |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2021 |
Keywords
- Africa
- Built environment
- Green building
- Sustainability
- Sustainable development
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Engineering
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Architecture
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Building and Construction
- General Environmental Science
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Nature and Landscape Conservation
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
