Biography
I obtained my first degree in Construction Technology and Management at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana. I graduated with a First Class (Honours)and was adjudged the best student in the Department of Building Technology. Subsequently,I received the vice-chancellor’s award of excellence as the best student of the Faculty of Architecture and Building Technology(2011-2012). After fulfilling the one-year mandatory national service to the nation,I pursued an MPhil in Building Technology at KNUST. To enhance my industrial expertise,I worked as a quantity surveyor with a construction company and a consultancy firm after my MPhil degree.I applied for a scholarship for further studies and was awarded the most prestigious and competitive Hong Kong PhD Fellowship at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) where I am currently conducting my PhD study on sustainable housing. While conducting my study at PolyU, I served as vice president of the CIB student Chapter (2019-2020). My research colleagues and I were the winners of the 2018-2019 CIB Sebestyen Future Leaders Award. Besides,with a different team,our group was the first runner up in a summer school competition on sustainable housing from the European perspective. This was organized by the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
Supervisor
Professor Albert Ping Chun CHAN
Area of Research
Developing a Model for Sustainable Housing in the Ghanaian Housing Market.
Research Scope
The Ghanaian housing market is dominated by self-builders. These self-builders form the informal sector of the housing market. However, in major cities such as Accra, real estate developers and some parastatal organizations also supply housing facilities.These institutions constitute the formal sector. Although the Government of Ghana makes strides to provide an enabling environment for the operation of most of the institutions from the formal sector, housing supply from these institutions is abysmally low (< 5%). As such, my PhD study focuses on the formal sector of the Ghanaian housing market to develop a model for sustainable housing. This could augment the effort of the informal sector in reducing the egregious housing deficit especially in Accra.
Research Methodology
To develop a model for sustainable housing, a quantitative research was adopted. Questionnaire survey was deployed for data
collection on critical success criteria (CSC), critical success factors (CSFs); critical risk factors (CRFs) and critical barriers (CBs) to sustainable housing. Data were garnered from respondents in the formal sector of the Ghanaian housing market.
Then, through the partial least square structural equation modelling(PLS-SEM), various models were first developed for
the CSC, CSFs and CBs. Besides, fuzzy synthetic evaluation (FSE) technique was used to model the impact of risk factors on sustainable housing and for developing a model for assessing sustainable housing. Findings of all the models were integrated to establish a model for sustainable housing in the Ghanaian housing market.
Prizes and Awards
- 1. Winner of the CIB Sebestyén Future Leaders Award 2018-2019
Academic Attachment and Exchange
I participated in a summer school program on Sustainable Housing from the European Perspective. This program was organized by the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands.
Publication List
- 1. Adabre, M.A.and Chan, A.P.C.(2018). The ends required to justify the means for sustainable affordable housing: A review on critical success criteria. Sustainable Development, 26, 1-14.
- 2.Chan, A.P. C., & Adabre, M. A.(2019). Bridging the gap between sustainable housing and affordable
- housing: The required critical success criteria (CSC). Building and Environment,151, 112-125.
- 3.Adabre, M. A., & Chan, A. P. C. (2019). Critical success factors (CSFs) for sustainable affordable housing. Building and Environment,156, 203-214.
- 4.Adabre, M. A., Chan, A.P.C., Darko, A., Osei-Kyei, R., Abidoye, R., & Adjei-Kumi, T. (2020). Critical Barriers to Sustainability Attainment in Affordable Housing:International Construction Professionals’ Perspective.Journal of Cleaner Production, 119995.
- 5.Adabre, M.A., and Chan, A.P.C. Towards a Sustainability Assessment Model for Affordable Housing Projects:The Perspective of Professionals in Ghana. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. Manuscript ID: ECAM-08-2019-0432.R1.
- 6.Adabre, M.A., and Chan, A.P.C. Forthcoming. Modelling the Impact of Barriers on Sustainable Housing in Developing Countries. Urban Planning and Development. 10.1061/ (ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000639
- 7.Darko, A., Chan, A. P., Adabre, M. A., Edwards, D. J., Hosseini, M. R., & Ameyaw, E. E. (2020). Artificial intelligence in the AEC industry:Scientometric analysis and visualization of research activities. Automation in Construction,112, 103081.
- 8.Abidoye, R. B., Puspitasari, G., Sunindijo, R., & Adabre, M. (2020). Young adults and homeownership in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis.
Hobbies
I enjoy playing football and reading motivational books.
