Influence of External Environmental Factors on the Success of Public Housing Projects in Developing Countries

Abstract

External environmental factors, which include political environment, economic environment and social environment, affect the success of public housing projects in developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to establish the effect of these factors on public housing project success using structural equation modelling (SEM) techniques. The study was conducted in Nigeria by means of interviews, a pilot study and a main survey. Five hundred and fifty (550) questionnaires were administered to construction professionals who work as developers, consultants or contractors and those working in public housing agencies. Two hundred and seventy-six (276) questionnaires were returned completed. The data collected were analysed by means of SEM. The results reveal that (i) the economics factor significantly affects public housing project success, (ii) the social factor significantly affects public housing project success, and (iii) the political factor significantly affects public housing project success. The study developed a comprehensive model that can assist housing policy makers, consultants, developers, contractors and other stakeholders in the planning and development of public housing programmes.

Engineering Harmony Under Multi-Constraint Objectives: The Perspective of Meta-Analysis

“…Scholars at home and abroad have extensively discussed the trade-offs of quality, duration, cost and risk in the process of realizing engineering harmony through theoretical and empirical research (Amusan, Afolabi, Ojelabi, Omuh, & Okagbue, 2018;Idiake et al, 2015), but the specific mechanism of influence is still controversial. The controversies include the standards for achieving engineering harmony (Musa et al, 2015). The clients of the terminal believe that engineering harmony originates from the achievement of goals such as quality, duration, cost and risk (Pinto & Slevin, 2013); managers believe that it is the process of achieving the four goals (Wilson, 2015), and stakeholders believe that all four goals need to meet their expectations (Toor & Ogunlana, 2009).…”

“…The existing literature has carried out a lot of research on the relationship between quality, duration, cost, risk and the realization of engineering harmony, but there are still great controversies about the specific mechanism of the impact. From the perspective of participants in engineering, each stakeholder has different standards for achieving project harmony (M. M. Musa, Amirudin, Sofield, & M. A. Musa, 2015). The final customer of the project believes that the achievement of goals such as quality, duration, cost and risk is an important standard to measure engineering harmony (Pinto & Slevin, 2013).…”

Economic Environment and Performance of Donor Funded Health Projects in Kenya

“…Studies by Akanni et al, (2014) and Musa et al, (2015) agree that the economic factors have an effect on the performance of building and construction projects. The factors affect the performance of the projects differently.…”

“…They affect the affordability in financing and the flow of funds. According to Musa et al (2015), the economic factors include low-interest rates, availability of credit facilities, a stable macroeconomic environment and long facility repayment periods. A stable macroeconomic environment will enable the project team to prepare fairly accurate cost estimates and ensure the project cost is controlled.…”

“…Those from within the project are controllable, while those from outside are largely uncontrollable. According to Musa, Amirudin, Sofield and Musa (2015) the external environmental factors include the political, technological, economic and social environments.…”