Building Bridges: A Participatory Stakeholder Framework for Sustainable Urban Construction Logistics

Nicolas Brusselaers, Koen Mommens and Cathy Macharis
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Nicolas Brusselaers: Mobility, Logistics & Automotive Technology Research Centre, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Elsene, Belgium
Koen Mommens: Mobility, Logistics & Automotive Technology Research Centre, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Elsene, Belgium
Cathy Macharis: Mobility, Logistics & Automotive Technology Research Centre, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Elsene, Belgium

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-33

Abstract: The urban built environment concentrates due to the growing urbanization trend, triggering construction and renovation works in urban areas. Although construction works often revitalize cities upon completion, the associated logistics activities engender a significant financial and environmental footprint if not handled appropriately. Cities have the largest potential to reduce negative impacts through requirements on construction logistics. However, today, there is a lack of knowledge within cities on how to set such demands and how to involve and manage the numerous and varying stakeholders in these processes. This paper presents a participatory decision-making framework for the governance of urban construction logistics on economic, environmental and societal levels, building further on the Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis (MAMCA). The framework was then implemented on a use case in the dense urban Brussels-Capital Region (Belgium), gathering a wide variety of stakeholders in the context of a sustainable Construction Logistics Scenario (CLS) evaluation. Special attention was paid on the identification of implementation barriers and the role of governments to facilitate the introduction and city-wide roll-out of novel CLS. Findings show how different processes are site-, actor- and condition-specific, thereby delivering a common built object which is often based on different motivations and concerns. The study proposes a flexible, replicable and upscalable framework both from an inter- and intracity perspective, which can serve to support (1) the management of processes and CLS, (2) the management of people and the community, and (3) the project and city, in the context of multi-level governance.

Keywords: construction logistics; stakeholder involvement; Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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