TY - GEN
T1 - Reviewing the negative impacts of building construction activities on the environment
T2 - AHFE International Conference on Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure, 2018
AU - Mbala, Mbuyamba
AU - Aigbavboa, Clinton
AU - Aliu, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The construction industry plays a significant role in the provision of physical infrastructure to meet the yearning needs of the society. It is well known that mankind has continually manipulated the natural environment in a bid to improve standard of living by the creation of amenities including buildings, highways, bridges amongst others. This paper investigates the major impacts of building construction activities on the environment in the Democratic of Congo, Kinshasa. Several possible impacts of construction activities on the environment were identified from extant literatures. Through a structured questionnaire survey, the views of respondents were elicited. The sample for this study consisted of one hundred and thirty-four (134) respondents drawn from professionals in the construction industry. The study revealed that dust generation from machinery, air pollution, land pollution, waste generation and noise pollution are among the major impacts of construction activities on the environment in Congo. This paper therefore recommends that the government alongside stakeholders in the industry are to come up with certain standards, codes or legislations relating to sustainable construction practices specific to Congo’s construction environment to ensure its proper and effective implementation.
AB - The construction industry plays a significant role in the provision of physical infrastructure to meet the yearning needs of the society. It is well known that mankind has continually manipulated the natural environment in a bid to improve standard of living by the creation of amenities including buildings, highways, bridges amongst others. This paper investigates the major impacts of building construction activities on the environment in the Democratic of Congo, Kinshasa. Several possible impacts of construction activities on the environment were identified from extant literatures. Through a structured questionnaire survey, the views of respondents were elicited. The sample for this study consisted of one hundred and thirty-four (134) respondents drawn from professionals in the construction industry. The study revealed that dust generation from machinery, air pollution, land pollution, waste generation and noise pollution are among the major impacts of construction activities on the environment in Congo. This paper therefore recommends that the government alongside stakeholders in the industry are to come up with certain standards, codes or legislations relating to sustainable construction practices specific to Congo’s construction environment to ensure its proper and effective implementation.
KW - Congo
KW - Construction activities
KW - Construction industry
KW - Environment
KW - Impact
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049681700&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-94199-8_11
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-94199-8_11
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85049681700
SN - 9783319941981
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 111
EP - 117
BT - Advances in Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure, 2018
A2 - Falcao, Christianne
A2 - Charytonowicz, Jerzy
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 21 July 2018 through 25 July 2018
ER -
