{"product_id":"blockchain-smart-contracts-and-distributed-mohamad-kassem-9781839538346","title":"Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Distributed Ledger Technologies in the Built Environment: Key Concepts, Technologies, and Applications","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe built environment, encompassing the spaces we inhabit, the infrastructure that connects us, and the systems that sustain our societies, is foundational to human progress. It shapes how we live, work and interact, serving as a foundation for social and economic prosperity. Yet, despite its importance, the sector faces enduring challenges: inefficiencies, fragmentation, environmental impact, and a lack of transformative innovation, particularly in areas such as value creation, business model evolution, and major sector-wide transformations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDigitalisation and digital transformation, driven by technologies such as building information modelling (BIM), the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence, and immersive technologies, have become essential in helping the sector address these issues. More recently, distributed ledger technologies (DLT), such as blockchain and self-executing contracts like smart contracts, have emerged, offering further opportunities for the built environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmerging evidence, as explored in this book, highlights DLT's capabilities in transparency and trust (immutable records and enhanced accountability), efficiency and automation (smart contracts and streamlined processes), data security (decentralised integrity), collaborative governance (shared decision-making), tokenisation (democratised ownership), integration (synergy with Digital Twins, BIM and IoT), and sustainability (circular economies, renewable energy). However, adoption in the built environment faces several challenges, including legal, technical, ethical and stakeholder barriers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombining theoretical and practical perspectives, this book examines the potential of blockchain and DLT in both the delivery and management of the built environment, addressing their adoption frameworks, applications and associated benefits and challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntended for researchers, practitioners, students, technology developers and policymakers, \u003ci\u003eBlockchain, Smart Contracts and Distributed Ledger Technologies in the Built Environment: Key concepts, technologies, and applications\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive guide to the adoption and integration of DLT in the built environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mohamad Kassem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1839538341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839538346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Institution of Engineering \u0026amp; Technology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.06d","brand":"Mohamad Kassem","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46866965135615,"sku":"9781839538346","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3405863d-bdcb-49f7-a4d0-21286e5462d5.jpg?v=1747453570","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blockchain-smart-contracts-and-distributed-mohamad-kassem-9781839538346","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}