Utilization of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in the development of smart infrastructure in developing nations: empirical findings from Sri Lanka
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Managing cities has become more complex recently with rapid urbanization triggering serious concerns in areas including quality of life, environment, safety, health and access to reliable infrastructure and high-quality services. Smart infrastructure (SI) development helps to address such concerns and meet societal aspirations. However, increasing development costs and risks in developing SI, have prompted a wider adoption of public-private partnerships (PPPs). Thus, this research study aims to determine and assess the major barriers to implementing PPPs for SI developments in Sri Lanka (SL), a developing country in South Asia, and to provide effective strategies for mitigating those barriers. Ten expert-interviews and an empirical questionnaire survey followed a systematic and extensive literature review to achieve this aim. Lack of expertise and certain public-related barriers such as citizens’ reluctance to accept private sector participation and unawareness on the perceived advantages from PPP were identified as major barriers in SL. Among the mitigation strategies, creating awareness and capacity-building of stakeholders was discerned as a significant strategy. Quantifying each barrier’s influence, interdependence and providing effective strategies for overcoming the barriers are described herein, leading to the findings that construction industry practitioners and policymakers could adopt to develop SI in SL more smoothly and efficiently.
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