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Title: Social cost in construction projects

Journal Article · · Environmental Impact Assessment Review
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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, T.R. North Cyprus, Via Mersin 10 (Turkey)
  2. Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara (Turkey)
  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep (Turkey)

Despite the fact that completion of construction projects has a direct positive impact on the growth of national and local economies as well as humans' wellbeing, construction projects, especially in the urban areas, generate serious environmental nuisances for the adjacent residents and have unintentional adverse impacts on their surrounding environment. Construction causative adverse impacts on the neighbouring communities are known as the social costs. This study aims to present a state-of-the-art overview of social costs in construction industry in terms of definition, consideration, classification and quantification. Furthermore, it is aimed to bring the construction social cost phenomenon for the agenda of Environmental Impact Assessors.

OSTI ID:
22688005
Journal Information:
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 64; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0195-9255
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English