Barriers to infrastructure sustainability for mountainous townships in Chongqing

DOI

10.2991/iceep-17.2017.257How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Mountainous townships, Infrastructure sustainability, Barriers

Abstract

Chongqing is a typical mountainous city with a lot of less developed mountainous townships which are important components in the process of pursuing the mission of sustainable development in China. It is appreciated that the investment on infrastructure projects in these less developed townships is the key for driving their development. Nevertheless, their long-term sustainability performance is largely overlooked. It is considered essential to understand what restrain the sustainability performance of these infrastructures in order to take due actions for improving the performance. These barriers are identified in this study by using Semi-structured expert interview and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) techniques. The study reveals that the major barriers include four dimensions.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yujuan She
AU  - Hongfeng Liu
AU  - Tianhong Jiang
PY  - 2017/06
DA  - 2017/06
TI  - Barriers to infrastructure sustainability for mountainous townships in Chongqing
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 6th International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection (ICEEP 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1450
EP  - 1455
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iceep-17.2017.257
DO  - 10.2991/iceep-17.2017.257
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