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Regional Building Stocks and Organizations: A Theoretical Justification for a Regional Body of Knowledge

The aim of this paper is to present an early stage of discussion arguing for a common research agenda in the area interfacing Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe. We argue that countries of the region share several common characteristics that make them suitable for developing a regionally-relevant theoretical basis of the built environment. By taking the stance of institutional analysis, we imply that because the built environment is embedded in its local context, the corresponding theories and methods should also be adopted to the same local context. This local embeddedness is a property of both the building stock and corresponding organizations in the region. Based on commonalities in the building stock and organizations, the discussion proposes a number of research areas with anticipated region-wide development potential. In conclusion, the paper calls for intensifying the discussions leading to a number of regional research collaborations in the future. These collaborations would contribute to the region’s research and industry potential in the area of built environment and would also facilitate the policy-making at the international level within the region.

Central; Eastern; and South Eastern Europe; Border Region; Design and Construction Management; Building Stocks; Organizations; Institutional Analysis

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