DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: THE ROLE OF SURVEYING AND GEOINFORMATICS TOWARDS EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALS
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2019
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Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Ilorin
Abstract
Built environment sustainability has become an issue of national concern, owing to the constant
threat posed by its negative impacts on the survival of man. This has made it necessary for a study
on how there can be collaboration for sustainable development in the built environment, in order
to reduce or completely eliminate its negative impacts (such as climate change, environmental
degradation, desert encroachment, etc.). This paper proposes the identification of the role of
professionals in the design and implementation of built environment, as a means of enhancing
effective collaboration for sustainable development in the built environment. The roles of
Surveying and Geo-informatics professionals in design and implementation stage of the built
environment were investigated through a review of literature, after which a research questionnaire
was issued to professionals in the built environment to seek their assessment on how each role
could serve as a collaborative support towards achieving sustainable development in the built
environment. Descriptive statistics (mean score) was used to analyze and gain an overview of the
data obtained. The results showed that all the roles of Surveying and Geo-informatics at the design
and implementation stage of built environment would support and enhance effective collaboration
for sustainable development in the built environment.
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Built Environment, Sustainability, Surveying and Geo-informatics, Design, Implementation, Collaboration
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Ahmadu H. A., Babalola A., and Salami, B. I (2019)