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Integration of circular economy into design and construction of infrastructure projects in Malaysia: Barriers and countermeasures

Despite the high demands of infrastructures, circular economy (CE) is among the best solution that seeks holistic sustainability goals through a zero-waste culture and to boost economic growth by investing in eco-innovations, secondary raw materials, recycling processes, and industrial symbiosis. Th...

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Main Authors: Nor Helmie Shahreen, Mohd Ali, Lee, Yong Siang, Ahmad Rizal, Alias, Rahimi, A. Rahman
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Institute of Planners 2024
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42330/1/Integration%20of%20circular%20economy%20into%20design%20and%20construction%20of%20infrastructure%20projects%20in%20Malaysia%20-%20Barriers%20and%20countermeasures.pdf
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spelling my.ump.umpir.423302024-08-13T06:12:22Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42330/ Integration of circular economy into design and construction of infrastructure projects in Malaysia: Barriers and countermeasures Nor Helmie Shahreen, Mohd Ali Lee, Yong Siang Ahmad Rizal, Alias Rahimi, A. Rahman TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Despite the high demands of infrastructures, circular economy (CE) is among the best solution that seeks holistic sustainability goals through a zero-waste culture and to boost economic growth by investing in eco-innovations, secondary raw materials, recycling processes, and industrial symbiosis. Therefore, this study aims to identify the barriers and countermeasures for integrating the CE concept into design and construction of infrastructure projects in Malaysia. For data collection, an open-ended interview has been carried out with twenty-three (23) respondents of clients, contractors, and consultants. Then, the thematic analysis was performed to analyse the data. The findings suggested that the main barriers of CE integration are consisted of internal and external factors; technical, organisational, economic, political, social and environmental aspects. Then, the countermeasures of CE integration are categorized into the hard and soft strategies; raising the awareness of CE, encouraging stakeholder’s collaboration and creating financial incentives, and investment opportunities. As a result, the outcome of the findings can serve as a guideline for stakeholders to integrate CE concept into design and construction of infrastructure projects in order to achieve sustainability development goals (SDG). Through the outcome of this study, stakeholders will have a new approach and new paradigm, which will be useful for future decision-making on the infrastructure with the CE concept. Malaysian Institute of Planners 2024 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_nc_nd http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42330/1/Integration%20of%20circular%20economy%20into%20design%20and%20construction%20of%20infrastructure%20projects%20in%20Malaysia%20-%20Barriers%20and%20countermeasures.pdf Nor Helmie Shahreen, Mohd Ali and Lee, Yong Siang and Ahmad Rizal, Alias and Rahimi, A. Rahman (2024) Integration of circular economy into design and construction of infrastructure projects in Malaysia: Barriers and countermeasures. Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 22 (3). pp. 118-135. ISSN 1675-6215. (Published) https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v22i32.1497 10.21837/pm.v22i32.1497
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Nor Helmie Shahreen, Mohd Ali
Lee, Yong Siang
Ahmad Rizal, Alias
Rahimi, A. Rahman
Integration of circular economy into design and construction of infrastructure projects in Malaysia: Barriers and countermeasures
description Despite the high demands of infrastructures, circular economy (CE) is among the best solution that seeks holistic sustainability goals through a zero-waste culture and to boost economic growth by investing in eco-innovations, secondary raw materials, recycling processes, and industrial symbiosis. Therefore, this study aims to identify the barriers and countermeasures for integrating the CE concept into design and construction of infrastructure projects in Malaysia. For data collection, an open-ended interview has been carried out with twenty-three (23) respondents of clients, contractors, and consultants. Then, the thematic analysis was performed to analyse the data. The findings suggested that the main barriers of CE integration are consisted of internal and external factors; technical, organisational, economic, political, social and environmental aspects. Then, the countermeasures of CE integration are categorized into the hard and soft strategies; raising the awareness of CE, encouraging stakeholder’s collaboration and creating financial incentives, and investment opportunities. As a result, the outcome of the findings can serve as a guideline for stakeholders to integrate CE concept into design and construction of infrastructure projects in order to achieve sustainability development goals (SDG). Through the outcome of this study, stakeholders will have a new approach and new paradigm, which will be useful for future decision-making on the infrastructure with the CE concept.
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author Nor Helmie Shahreen, Mohd Ali
Lee, Yong Siang
Ahmad Rizal, Alias
Rahimi, A. Rahman
author_facet Nor Helmie Shahreen, Mohd Ali
Lee, Yong Siang
Ahmad Rizal, Alias
Rahimi, A. Rahman
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title Integration of circular economy into design and construction of infrastructure projects in Malaysia: Barriers and countermeasures
title_short Integration of circular economy into design and construction of infrastructure projects in Malaysia: Barriers and countermeasures
title_full Integration of circular economy into design and construction of infrastructure projects in Malaysia: Barriers and countermeasures
title_fullStr Integration of circular economy into design and construction of infrastructure projects in Malaysia: Barriers and countermeasures
title_full_unstemmed Integration of circular economy into design and construction of infrastructure projects in Malaysia: Barriers and countermeasures
title_sort integration of circular economy into design and construction of infrastructure projects in malaysia: barriers and countermeasures
publisher Malaysian Institute of Planners
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url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42330/1/Integration%20of%20circular%20economy%20into%20design%20and%20construction%20of%20infrastructure%20projects%20in%20Malaysia%20-%20Barriers%20and%20countermeasures.pdf
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