Improving Sustainability Performance for Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) Projects

Shen, Liyin; Tam, Vivian W.Y.; Lin, Ge; Ye, Kunhui; Zhao, Zongnan

doi:10.3390/su8030289

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“…The reasons for the scope being narrowed in the Chinese context are as follows: firstly, the demand for PPP is increasing in China, and PPP are applied in a great number of projects in China, as shown in the findings of Ke [71]. Secondly, China is a developing country; the experience of applying PPP in infrastructure development will contribute to PPP implementation and improvement of PPP performance in other developing countries, and these findings are suggested by Shen et al [10].…”

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Examining the Interrelationship among Critical Success Factors of Public Private Partnership Infrastructure Projects

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Abstract:Examining the interrelationships among critical success factors (CSFs) for public private partnership (PPP) projects is of importance for improving PPP project performance and maintaining the sustainability of PPP project implementation. Previous studies mostly focused on the identification of the CSFs for PPP projects; limited studies investigated the interrelationships among CSFs. Hence, the research objectives are (a) to determine the interrelationships among CSFs of PPP projects taking into account the public and (b) to identify influence paths contributing to take advantage of CSFs in the process of PPP implementation. A literature review and expert interviews were adopted to construct the CSFs framework; nine hypotheses were constructed and tested by the structural equation modelling (SEM) based on the data collected from a questionnaire survey. This research reveals that the relationship between public and private partners is the leader-follower relationship, not the partnership relationship, in PPP projects, indicating that the responsibilities, power or resources existing among partners are very unequal. It also highlights that public involvement has a negative effect on the process of service provisions, and costs and risks exist in the process of public involvement in PPP projects. The determined interrelationships among CSFs will contribute to the sustainability and success of a PPP project.

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“…Thus, the aim of this paper is to examine whether collaborative arrangements in public-private partnerships (Public-private partnerships are here defined as: "collaborative arrangements in which actors from two or more spheres of society (state, market, and/or civil) are involved in a non-hierarchical process, and through which these actors strive for a sustainability goal" [29] (p. 77). The term public-private partnership and the terms public-private collaboration, public-private collaboration project, and public-private project are used interchangeably in the text, all implying that actors from both public and private spheres are engaged and interacting [30]) in natural resource management are perceived by the main actors to improve policy output and sustainability outcomes in the Swedish mountains-and if so, in what ways? As stated earlier, much of the collaborative governance literature has so far mainly focused on input and procedural factors, while only a few authors have focused on sustainability outcomes.…”

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Does Collaboration Lead to Sustainability? A Study of Public–Private Partnerships in the Swedish Mountains

Bjärstig

2017

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Abstract:The conflicts that frequently manifest in the Swedish mountains often stem from the use and preservation of natural resources. Resistance against protected area proposals, protests concerning the management of large carnivores, the felling of old-growth forests, and disputes over who should be allowed to hunt or fish are all commonplace. There are currently strong trends, both in national and international policy making, towards leaning on various forms of collaborative governance arrangements to deal with such policy failures. Consequently, various forms of partnerships have been initiated to promote more sustainable practices in the mountain regions of Sweden. To what extent has the creation of these collaborative partnerships in natural resource management improved policy output and sustainability outcomes? To examine the issue, data was extracted from 47 semi-structured interviews with 39 project leaders and eight county officials, with the sample randomly selected from a database of 245 public-private collaborative projects in the Swedish mountains. The results indicate that partnerships do lead to improved sustainability, especially when it comes to social outcomes. However, there is a need for more systematic follow-ups by practitioners, particularly on ecological outcomes, where the country administrative boards should take a leading role and facilitate such evaluations in the future.

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“…3. The parameter values used in the model and the important indicators assessing the environmental impact have been collected and extracted from the literature, websites, specification, and through surveying the DWM market of Shenzhen (Akbarnezhad et al, 2014;Marzouk and Azab, 2014;Qin, 2012;Shen et al, 2016;Xie, 2013;Yuan and Wang, 2014;Zhang et al, 2014). …”

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An agent based environmental impact assessment of building demolition waste management: Conventional versus green management

Ding

Wang

Zou

2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

123

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Waste materials generated from building demolition have become a great challenge to sustainable urban development due to its consumption of the limited landfill spaces, water pollution, energy consumption and harmful gas emissions. Proper management of demolition waste (DW) is a complex process and requires systematic thinking and analysis. Many methods have been proposed to study the environmental impact assessment of demolition waste management (DWM). However, it is found that the currently available studies pay little attention from the perspective of complex adaptive system (CAS) to consider the attitude and interaction of the heterogeneous stakeholders as well as the importance of green DWM which has a great influence on the effectiveness of DW management. The aim of this research is to simulate and explore how the change of attitude and the dynamic interaction among heterogeneous stakeholders can influence the environmental performance of DWM. To achieve this aim, a model for evaluating the environmental impact of DWM was developed by using an agent-based modeling (ABM) approach. The main factors considered in the model are the ratio of green deconstruction (i.e., building deconstruction) managers vs. conventional demolition (i.e. building destruction) managers, the ratio of green design managers (i.e. design for deconstruction) vs. conventional design managers, and the interaction behavior of heterogeneous stakeholders following the herd theory. In the model, the environmental impact assessment was quantified into four categories i.e. land resources, water resources, air resource and energy resources. The proposed model is demonstrated by using the data drawn from the Chinese construction industry. The results reveal that if the deconstruction method and the deconstruction oriented design are widely adopted by architects and engineers, the negative environmental impacts generated by DW can be reduced by at least 50%. Furthermore, the results provide valuable information for government departments to make decisions on how to improve environmental performance of DWM.

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Improving Sustainability Performance for Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) Projects

Cited by 85 publications

References 23 publications

Examining the Interrelationship among Critical Success Factors of Public Private Partnership Infrastructure Projects

Examining the Interrelationship among Critical Success Factors of Public Private Partnership Infrastructure Projects

Does Collaboration Lead to Sustainability? A Study of Public–Private Partnerships in the Swedish Mountains

An agent based environmental impact assessment of building demolition waste management: Conventional versus green management

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