Leadership and Sustainability in the Built Environment

Alex Opoku recently took up a position as a senior lecturer in quantity surveying at London South Bank University, having previously conducted research in the Department of Engineering at Cambridge University.Vian Ahmed is a professor and director of postgraduate research studies at the Built Environment department of the University of Salford.

• Introduction Part One: Organizational Leadership 1. Leadership theory and practice for sustainable built environment 2. Behaviourism versus Leadership: A Transformational need for sustainability in the Built Environment 3. Leadership - a negation of agency Part Two: Sustainable Built Environment 4. Sustainable Development in the UK construction industry 5. Drivers and Challenges to the adoption of sustainable construction practices 6. Sustainability leaders for sustainable cities Part Three: Leadership for Sustainable Built Environment 7. The role of organizational leadership in the delivery of sustainable construction project practices Part Four: International Perspective and Case Studies 8. Challenges to leaders promoting innovative and sustainable social housing in UK 9. Leadership studies in changing times