Barriers to infrastructure sustainability for mountainous townships in Chongqing

摘要

Chongqing is a typical mountainous city with a lot of less developed mountainous townships which are important components in the process of pursuing the mission of sustainable development in China. It is appreciated that the investment on infrastructure projects in these less developed townships is the key for driving their development. Nevertheless, their long-term sustainability performance is largely overlooked. It is considered essential to understand what restrain the sustainability performance of these infrastructures in order to take due actions for improving the performance. These barriers are identified in this study by using Semi-structured expert interview and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) techniques. The study reveals that the major barriers include four dimensions.