Stakeholder collaboration in sustainable neighborhood projects—A review and research agenda

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Highlights

  • Themes impacting stakeholder collaboration in sustainable neighborhood projects are presented.

  • Factors supporting collaboration capacity are summarized.

  • The study suggests three ideal types of collaboration trajectories for sustainability outcomes.

  • Several lacunas in the existing literature are suggested for further research.

  • Developers and practitioners should be aware of temporal uncertainty.

Abstract

Sustainable neighborhood (SN) projects are crucial to alleviate the poor performance in energy consumption and carbon emissions of built environments. However, with several additional interests and priorities relating to sustainability, the job of finding common ground in collaboration becomes more complex compared to conventional housing and neighborhood projects. Moreover, the type of stakeholders involved and the issues they are concerned with change as the project develops. This paper offers a comprehensive overview of empirical-based research found in the intersection between stakeholder collaboration and sustainable neighborhood projects. Our comprehensive systematic review of the past 20 years’ extant literature revealed 20 main themes impacting stakeholder collaboration spread over the stages of project development. Building on the various themes, we summarized several factors that support collaboration capacity in SN projects, and that can ultimately lead to different trajectories for sustainability outcomes over time. Furthermore, the review revealed several potential avenues for research, which may help improve our understanding of the mechanics and interaction of stakeholder involvement in SN projects.

Keywords

Stakeholder collaboration
Sustainable neighborhoods
Project development
Sustainable urban development
Systematic literature review

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