Sustainable Innovative Project Management: Response to Improve Livability and Quality of Life: Case Studies: Iran and Germany
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Management Department, University of Applied Sciences (FHM), 33602 Bielefeld, Germany
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Management Department, Worcester and FHM University, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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Inventions 2019, 4(4), 59; https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions4040059
Received: 30 July 2019 / Revised: 23 September 2019 / Accepted: 26 September 2019 / Published: 29 September 2019
(This article belongs to the Section Inventions and innovation in Design, Modeling and Computing Methods)
Nowadays, quality of life and livability are controversial phenomenon. A high quality of life and livability are demanded in cities; however, rapid and unplanned urbanization creates a lot of challenges such as poverty, slums, social instability, insecurity, diseases, environmental challenges and climate change, unemployment, economic problems, etc., which threaten the livability of the world. Therefore, it is vital to tackle urbanization challenges and create a sustainable urban setting with a high quality of life in order to make the world a better place to live. In particular, literature reviews, surveys, exploratory case studies, and the Kiwi and Kampenhood methodology based on Persian Zarathustra that is utilized in social science, engineering and management are the main method tools in this study. Fundamentally, modern livable and sustainable urban settings are suggested as a path to deal with urbanization challenges in order to improve livability and quality of life. Although sustainable cities provide opportunities to improve quality of life, urban planning and good governance with effective regulatory frameworks to create such modern settings are required. Thus, an innovative sustainable project management is introduced as a tool to design modern livable and sustainable areas. Innovation is declared as an accelerator to achieve sustainable project management in this research.
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Keywords:
innovation; sustainable innovative project management; sustainability; sustainable development; quality of life; livability; urbanization challenges
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Doost Mohammadian H, Rezaie F. Sustainable Innovative Project Management: Response to Improve Livability and Quality of Life: Case Studies: Iran and Germany. Inventions. 2019; 4(4):59. https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions4040059
Chicago/Turabian StyleDoost Mohammadian, Hamid; Rezaie, Fatemeh. 2019. "Sustainable Innovative Project Management: Response to Improve Livability and Quality of Life: Case Studies: Iran and Germany" Inventions 4, no. 4: 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions4040059
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