Ghana
Engineering
Lack of enforcement of existing regulations
Hong Kong
Architectural
Lack of land, housing, labour
India
Architectural
Kenya
Malaysia
Poor procurement practices
Poor access to finance
Lack of coordination between built environment professionals
Low uptake of new technologies
Inadequate awareness about environmental concerns amongst the community
Lack of Efficient use of limited available natural resources
Widespread disregard for vernacular model of urban development
Lack of sufficient trained and qualified manpower in the industry
Lack of Effective and enforcable measures for monitoring of good practices in the industry
Architectural
Declining Economic performance thus reduce investments in the sector
Infiltration of Market by Non-Professionals
Lax Local Content Policy that does not protect local practitioners
Delays in Issuance of Building and Development Permits
Planning
Undercutting of professional fee
Capacity building
Challenges in technology
Quality over the quantity
Surveying
Staff
Wages
Project
Location
Architectural
Need for a thorough re-evaluation of spatial planning process, with a long-term vision and political long-term commitment to achieve the vision.
Long-term transport strategy.
Protection of built heritage and a strategy for re-use.
Separation of planning processes and building regulations.
Formulation of a building regulations framework.
Planning
Sustainability
Infrastructure to cope with and support massive building activity
Transport
Provision of open spaces
Provision of affordable housing
Architectural
Urban Sprawl
Lack of urban regeneration policies and incentives
Lack of emphasis on Tropical Architecture (materials, building Technics and design)
Engineering
Climate Change
Urban planning
Infrastructure planning and construction
Transportaion
Resources to tackle above challenges
Planning
Traffic Congestion
Environment and land degradation due to increasing infrastructure and built environment
Affordable housing supply (Middle income and lower income level trap) , housing bubble.
Coastal development (hotels ,resort and luxury villas) pressure , reducing public access to beach areas impacting landscape degradation as well as on leisure and recreational culture.
Mozambique
Engineering
Lack of investments
Multilateral donors stopped financing
Government without funds
Namibia
Architectural
Fear of change.
Corruption
Poorly designated budgeting & waste
Too high property prices
Recession
New Zealand
Architectural
Natural hazard resilience
Attraction and retention of skills and diversity
Insurance availability and cover
Lack of understanding of design - clients, public
Costs in the building and construction industry (ie escalation)
Planning
Rapid urban growth
Climate change and natural hazards
Structural demographic change (aging population etc)
Timely provision or public infrastructure/ transport network/ public amenity
Architectural
Increased urban population and growth
Uncontrolled urban development
Overstretched or lack of urban infrastructure to support effective city function
The push and pull factors of the urban and rural areas
Lack of strong enforcement of planning regulations
Planning
Access to land
Land use violation
Poor Construction / Building collapse
Poor Infrastructure provision and Maintenance
Growth of slums
Surveying
Government policy
Lack of technology
Non stratification of the industry
Lack of collaboration
Corruption and unethical processes
Architectural
Building control under the authority of nonprofessionals
Lack of Building control implementation
Malta
Mauritius
Nigeria
Pakistan
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