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Abstract
Energy consumption, natural resource depletion, and greenhouse gas emissions are major environmental implications of the building sector. Sustainable construction strategies are essential to alleviate these consequences as urbanisation increases. This paper critically analyses solutions and constraints to incorporating green construction into urban development initiatives. The study goals are to identify green building adoption challenges, examine sustainable practices techniques and initiatives, evaluate their performance, and suggest ways to overcome them. The comprehensive literature analysis synthesizes ideas from relevant research on incorporating green building practices and sustainable construction technologies into urban development projects across nations and regions. It critically assesses research results against the goals to provide evidence-based insights into green building adoption barriers and solutions. The investigation highlights economic, technological, social, and policy constraints. Financial incentives, capacity development, green construction rules, local manufacturing, and financial feasibility are underlined. The paper summarises the key findings on challenges and ways for incorporating green building and sustainable construction into urban development initiatives. However, the paper admits challenges in assessing method efficacy across situations.
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