Contents: Foreword i: The cutting edge of built environment sustainability research - theoretical development and application of the sustainable development goals.Chris Gorse
Foreword ii / Peter Guthrie
1. Introduction to the elgar companion to the built environment and the sustainable development goals / Alex Opoku
Part I: The built environment and the sustainable development goals
2. From the mdgs to the sdgs: The role of construction / George Ofori
3. The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges / Alex Opoku, Tariq Umar and Judith Amudjie
4. The built environment's contribution to the progress of the sustainable development goals / Tariq Umar, Alex Opoku, Nnedinma Umeokafor and Sa'id Ahmed
Part II: People, built environment, and the sustainable development goals
5. Regenerating urban slums for the sustainable development goals in developing countries / Andrew Ebekozien, Clinton Aigbavboa, Mohamad Shaharudin Samsurijan and Radin Badaruddin Rabin Firdaus
6. Urban green spaces for urban farms and the sustainable development goals / Alex Opoku, Judith Amudjie, Moohammed Wasim Yahia and Victoria Maame Afriyie Kumah
7. Equitable productive urban green spaces as a goal towards sustainable development / Amritha Palakkadavath Kumarankutty
8. Advancing the sustainable development goals through the promotion of health and well-being in the built environment / Alex Opoku, Francis K. Bondinuba, Nana Yaw Barimah Manaphraim and Godwin Kugblenu
9. Gender equality in the built environment towards the 2030 agenda for sustainable development / Alex Opoku, Edna Twumwaa Frimpong, Samuel Ekung and Renee Etokakpan
10. Education for sustainable development, the built environment, and the sustainable development goals / Alex Opoku, Samuel Ekung, Godwin Kugblenu and Emad S. N. Mushtaha
Part III: Planet, built environment, and the sustainable development goals
11. Net-zero energy buildings and the sustainable development goals / Vian Ahmed, Sara Saboor, Hessa Ahmed Alshamsi, Fatima Ahmed Almarzooqi, Mariam Abdalla Alketbi and Fatema Ahmed Al Marei
12. Retrofitting buildings towards the realisation of the sustainable development goals / Nutifafa Geh, Fidelis Emuze and Ericsson Mapfumo
13. Circular economy in the built environment: A catalyst for achieving the sustainable development goals (sdgs) / Alex Opoku, Kofi Agyekum, Iva Bimpli and Ellen Amoh
14. Contributions of environmental management systems (iso 14001) towards the delivery of sustainable development goal 12 / Rosemary Horry, Colin A. Booth and Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu
15. Impact of construction and demolition waste on the realisation of the sustainable development goals / B R Viswalekshmi, Deepthi Bendi, Alex Opoku and Godwin Kugblenu
16. Construction procurement and the sustainable development goals (sdgs) / Brandsford Kwame Gidigah, Kofi Agyekum, Bernard Kofi Baiden and Edward Ayebeng Botchway
17. Lean construction and sdgs: Delivering value and performance in the built environment / Alex Opoku, Ayomikun Solomon Adewumi, Ka Leung Lok (Lawrence) and Ellen Amoh
18. Climate change, the built environment, and the sustainable development goals / Yaning Qiao
19. Biodiversity conservation, the built environment, and the sustainable development goals / Alex Opoku and Benjamin Baah
Part IV: Prosperity, built environment, and the sustainable development goals
20. Urban futures, localisation, and the role of sustainable development goals / Timothy J. Dixon
21. Social value, the built environment, and the sustainable development goals / Ani Raiden, Andrew King and Alex Opoku
22. The built environment and industry/construction 4.0 technologies towards achieving sdgs / Aseel A. Hussien and Ayomikun Solomon Adewumi
23. The role of infrastructure in achieving the sustainable development goals in sub-saharan Africa (ssa) / Alex Opoku, Peter Guthrie, Yaning Qiao, Moohammed Wasim Yahia and Kwabena Opoku-Ntim
24. Traditional architectural knowledge systems and the sustainable development goals / Athira Sushama Bhaskaran, Amritha Palakkadavath Kumarankutty and Chithra Kurukkanari
25. Sustainable facility management practices and the sustainable development goals / Ka Leung Lok (Lawrence), Alex Opoku, Andrew J. Smith and Ka Lam Cheung
Part V: Partnership, built environment, and the sustainable development goals
26. Public-private partnerships (ppps) for the realisation of the sustainable development agenda in the built environment / Sulafa Badi and Mohamed Alhosani
27. Organisational learning and stakeholder engagement in construction towards the realisation of the sdgs / Samuel Ekung, Alex Opoku and Isaac Odesola
28. The contribution of project management to the sustainable development goals / Alex Opoku, Georgios Kapogiannis, Kelvin Saddul and Dickson Osei-Asibey
29. Contemporary issues in construction affecting the realisation of the sdgs in developing countries / Samuel Ekung, Alex Opoku and Christian Asuquo
30. The emerging trends in built environment research and the sustainable development goals (sdgs) / Kenneth Otasowie, Clinton Aigbavboa and Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke.