9.2 ASSOCIATED COMMENTS Table 148 What are the five most important challenges facing the built environment in your country today? Country
Discipline
Challenge 1
Challenge 2
Challenge 3
Challenge 4
Challenge 5
Antigua and Barbuda
Architectural
Lack of respect for the profession
Lack of effective implementation of the laws relating to the built environment and the profession.
Law not being enforced
Australia
Architectural
Climate change and a coherent policy and program to address it
Housing affordability
Integrated design of sustainable urban environments
Undervaluing of cultural assets
Planning
Global Warming / Climate Change
Technological Disruption / Change
Effective Community Engagement
Recognition of First Peoples
Lack of leadership from the Commonwealth Government
Bangladesh
Architectural
Providing sufficient housing facilities to a large diversity of slum dwellers could be a key challenge as none of the formal land and development agencies give housing to the urban poor.
Lack of agricultural land, wetland, public parks, open places and land with tree cover up causes environmental dreadful conditions, people lack areas for physical activities, and creates artistic uneasiness are different challenges.
Potable water source and the unhygienic situation created by the poor management of solid waste enforces economic prices in the style of health impacts, blocked drainage and artistic suffering.
Public safety will have to carry on to be compromised at the best population density with rapid urbanization, industrialization and the lack of land use coming up with have created main environmental issues.
Climate extremes and challenges to infrastructure development in coastal regions in Bangladesh.
Barbados
Planning
Impact of climate change on a SIDS disaster resilience
Suburbanization and impact on the capital city core
Vacant/abandoned land and buildings including heritage assets
Condition of some of housing stock and affordable housing issues
Condition of infrastructure - roads, water, drainage and need to expand renewables
Belize
Engineering
Climate change
Marine
Building code
Botswana
Architectural
Corruption undermining the quality delivery of buildings.
Poorly skilled building contractors affecting challenge 1
Lack of recognition for the need for qualified professionals
Little knowledge and skills development related to sustainability issues.
Lack of research, innovation for the built environment.
Planning
Frustrations over Planning rigidity not facilitating Development
Architectural
Sustainability
Environmental resiliency
Planning
Housing supply and affordability
Public transit infrastructure
Responding to climate change impacts including extreme weather
Health / Mental health including addiction
Viability / financing of projects
Cyprus
Architectural
Urban sprawl
Lack of public transport
Dominica
Architectural
Climate change (hurricane, flood)
Lack of professional supervision during construction
Lack of affordable building material
Lack of skilled labour
Fiji
Architectural
Updating the building codes to reflect the current conditions
Applying the rules and regulations consistently
Taking to task developers who disregard the rules and regulations
Canada
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