Edmundo Werna is a specialist in the built environment, including the construction industry and urbanism. He is widely recognised from his work on labour in construction and in human settlements during his 16 years at the ILO (International Labour Office, United Nations). He joined the London South Bank University in July 2020, after 22 years at the United Nations (United Nations Development Programme and ILO). He is currently also a visiting researcher at Westminster and Oxford Brookes universities, and a member of the editorial boards of Habitat International and International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development.George Ofori has been working on research in construction industry development since 1980. He has written four books on the construction industry and its development, and a more recent book on leadership in construction. He has experience in curating and editing collections of chapters in world-leading books on subjects in construction. Ofori is a Professor in the School of the Built Environment and Architecture at London South Bank University, UK. He was, until recently, the Deputy Chair of the Board of CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative and a Member of the Board of Trustees of Engineers Against Poverty.

• Chapter 1Introducing the Routledge Handbook on Labour in Construction and Human Settlements: The Built Environment at Work Chapter 2The built environment, construction, development and their implications for labourChapter 3Characteristics of the construction industry and construction process, and implications for labour policies and practices Chapter 4Employment generation in the construction sector: Volatility and prospectsChapter 5Differing approaches to embedding low energy construction and climate literacy into vocational education and trainingChapter 6Green jobs and climate justice in the built environment: Lessons from American citiesChapter 7Labour contracting, migration and wage theft in the construction industry in Qatar, China, India, US and the EUChapter 8The precariat of the built environment: Decent work and the myth of Sisyphus Chapter 9Human resource management and development in construction: Strategic considerationsChapter 10Culture in construction: A driver as well as a barrier for the improvement of labour situations within construction industry Chapter 11Gender, construction work, and organisationChapter 12Mistreatment of migrant construction workers: Trajectory from the past to the present and into the futureChapter 13The smart city as the factory of the twenty-first century? How urban platforms reshape the nexus between the built environment, livelihoods, and laborChapter 14Housing markets and labour markets: Towards a new research agenda for the Global SouthChapter 15Social innovation of workplaces in the built environment: How public spaces have become central workplaces – Lessons from Kampala City, UgandaChapter 16Building resilient workplaces: Prioritizing safety and disaster risk reduction for the global workforceChapter 18Labour, the Built Environment and Human Settlements: Lessons from the book

Edmundo Werna is a specialist in the built environment, including the construction industry and urbanism. He is widely recognised from his work on labour in construction and in human settlements during his 16 years at the ILO (International Labour Office, United Nations). He joined the London South Bank University in July 2020, after 22 years at the United Nations (United Nations Development Programme and ILO). He is currently also a visiting researcher at Westminster and Oxford Brookes universities, and a member of the editorial boards of Habitat International and International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development.George Ofori has been working on research in construction industry development since 1980. He has written four books on the construction industry and its development, and a more recent book on leadership in construction. He has experience in curating and editing collections of chapters in world-leading books on subjects in construction. Ofori is a Professor in the School of the Built Environment and Architecture at London South Bank University, UK. He was, until recently, the Deputy Chair of the Board of CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative and a Member of the Board of Trustees of Engineers Against Poverty.

• Chapter 1Introducing the Routledge Handbook on Labour in Construction and Human Settlements: The Built Environment at Work Chapter 2The built environment, construction, development and their implications for labourChapter 3Characteristics of the construction industry and construction process, and implications for labour policies and practices Chapter 4Employment generation in the construction sector: Volatility and prospectsChapter 5Differing approaches to embedding low energy construction and climate literacy into vocational education and trainingChapter 6Green jobs and climate justice in the built environment: Lessons from American citiesChapter 7Labour contracting, migration and wage theft in the construction industry in Qatar, China, India, US and the EUChapter 8The precariat of the built environment: Decent work and the myth of Sisyphus Chapter 9Human resource management and development in construction: Strategic considerationsChapter 10Culture in construction: A driver as well as a barrier for the improvement of labour situations within construction industry Chapter 11Gender, construction work, and organisationChapter 12Mistreatment of migrant construction workers: Trajectory from the past to the present and into the futureChapter 13The smart city as the factory of the twenty-first century? How urban platforms reshape the nexus between the built environment, livelihoods, and laborChapter 14Housing markets and labour markets: Towards a new research agenda for the Global SouthChapter 15Social innovation of workplaces in the built environment: How public spaces have become central workplaces – Lessons from Kampala City, UgandaChapter 16Building resilient workplaces: Prioritizing safety and disaster risk reduction for the global workforceChapter 18Labour, the Built Environment and Human Settlements: Lessons from the book

Edmundo Werna is a specialist in the built environment, including the construction industry and urbanism. He is widely recognised from his work on labour in construction and in human settlements during his 16 years at the ILO (International Labour Office, United Nations). He joined the London South Bank University in July 2020, after 22 years at the United Nations (United Nations Development Programme and ILO). He is currently also a visiting researcher at Westminster and Oxford Brookes universities, and a member of the editorial boards of Habitat International and International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development.George Ofori has been working on research in construction industry development since 1980. He has written four books on the construction industry and its development, and a more recent book on leadership in construction. He has experience in curating and editing collections of chapters in world-leading books on subjects in construction. Ofori is a Professor in the School of the Built Environment and Architecture at London South Bank University, UK. He was, until recently, the Deputy Chair of the Board of CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative and a Member of the Board of Trustees of Engineers Against Poverty.

• Chapter 1Introducing the Routledge Handbook on Labour in Construction and Human Settlements: The Built Environment at Work Chapter 2The built environment, construction, development and their implications for labourChapter 3Characteristics of the construction industry and construction process, and implications for labour policies and practices Chapter 4Employment generation in the construction sector: Volatility and prospectsChapter 5Differing approaches to embedding low energy construction and climate literacy into vocational education and trainingChapter 6Green jobs and climate justice in the built environment: Lessons from American citiesChapter 7Labour contracting, migration and wage theft in the construction industry in Qatar, China, India, US and the EUChapter 8The precariat of the built environment: Decent work and the myth of Sisyphus Chapter 9Human resource management and development in construction: Strategic considerationsChapter 10Culture in construction: A driver as well as a barrier for the improvement of labour situations within construction industry Chapter 11Gender, construction work, and organisationChapter 12Mistreatment of migrant construction workers: Trajectory from the past to the present and into the futureChapter 13The smart city as the factory of the twenty-first century? How urban platforms reshape the nexus between the built environment, livelihoods, and laborChapter 14Housing markets and labour markets: Towards a new research agenda for the Global SouthChapter 15Social innovation of workplaces in the built environment: How public spaces have become central workplaces – Lessons from Kampala City, UgandaChapter 16Building resilient workplaces: Prioritizing safety and disaster risk reduction for the global workforceChapter 18Labour, the Built Environment and Human Settlements: Lessons from the book