Bøger i Real Estate Issues serien

Reports new research and provides a thorough discussion of theory and policy * Combines development of theory around the causes and consequences of sprawl with existing policy and authors' own proposals for new policy.

The first substantive, critical review of temporary urban uses, Transience and Permanence in Urban Development is essential reading for academics, policy makers, practitioners and students of cities worldwide.

Winner of the Royal Town Planning Institute award for research excellence This critical examination of the development and implementation of planning gain is timely given recent changes to the economic and policy environment.

This book is the first to evaluate the organisation, behaviour and performance of six major East Asian real estate markets. It offers a unique analysis of the growth and transformation of the real estate sector across East Asia.

This book provides evidence on how housing finance markets developed across Europe.

This book examines the financing of real estate investment and development within the context of an increasingly integrated international world economy and financial system. The approach shows how real estate financial structures influence general economic development.

This timely book addresses key challenges faced by policy makers and the house-building industry in a post-credit crunch world. It examines the implications for households, the housing market, the economy, as well as for government's policy choices. It brings together experts from around the world to examine recent housing market trends.

This book examines how sustainable urban regeneration is being approached from a social sustainability perspective. It identifies and examines socially sustainable urban regeneration models, vehicles and best practice measurement systems across five key European cities, including exemplar and innovative sustainability metrics and tools.

This book explores the origins, extent and implications of this revival in the fortunes of private landlordism. It presents an in-depth, scholarly analysis of private landlords, the rationales for and ways in which governments have sought to revitalise investment in residential lettings, and their success in doing so.

The sale of public and social housing has been a major aspect of housing policies in recent decades. Privatisation and a general retreat by governments from the housing arena have pushed up sales; this has been particularly evident within Eastern European countries and China but is also taking place in many Western European countries and Australia.

An invaluable corollary to effective investment decision-making within the property sector. Discusses the history, merits and implications of a range of products and processes. Chapters written by leading international contributors, both academic and practitioner.

This book takes a cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural approach to understanding the problem of advancing mass appraisal methods/expertise from both points of view: the scientific debate and the practical feasibility. It evaluates heretic and orthodox methods based on a set of specific criteria, partly technical/practical and partly institutional.

By applying transaction cost economics to an evaluation of land use systems, the author here tackles the ongoing debate between market and government in planning. The book provides a fresh angle and a useful contribution to a growing field of study for researchers in urban planning, public administration and land economics.

An evaluation of the most enduring privatisation of the Thatcher era. Written in an accessible style, this is a key reference for students and researchers in housing and planning; geography; and social policy. The book analyses the operation and impact of the right to buy policy (RTB).

The book explains why the real estate and construction industries are organised in the ways they are and then relates those characteristics to long-term market behaviour. It covers market dynamics - supply and demand; the interaction of property development and construction - and examines institutions and market structures.

Draws out the dynamics of the relationship between the state and property markets Top notch contributors presenting new research findings Tackles key issues, including urban regeneration and affordable housing.

* Analyses the relationship between housebuildng firms' behaviour and the housing market cycle * Provides the historical perspective currently absent from the literature * High-profile author in housing writing in an accessible style.

This internationally authored book provides a rigorous comparative analysis of housing provision in the southern European countries (Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece), where the relationships between state, market, civil society and household are rather different form the north.

If new housing is to be sustainable, it must be considered in the contest of its surrounding community! The location of new housing is one of the most intractable controversies of modern times.

This book is a timely assessment of 20 years of progress in the field of housing economics and its application to policy and practice. Two decades on from the publication of Duncan Maclennan's influential Housing Economics, 16 leading housing experts - both academics and policy makers from across the world - now honour Maclennan's contributions.

'I am delighted to endorse this book, which considers and debates urban regeneration in Europe. Its comprehensive aim of understanding regeneration problems is given a unique insight by the use of practical European examples.

Real estate activity across national boundaries (investment, development and asset management) is firmly established as a major component of global economic activity. International Real Estate provides the understanding of real estate strategies and transactions that cross national boundaries.

This book presents for the first time an interdisciplinary view of property development and property developers. Fourteen contributions are brought together here from leading researchers and respected practitioners, including property analysts, economists, geographers, planners and sociologists.

aeo Written in a crisp yet clear style aeo Simplifies arguments for the non--expert without loss of rigour aeo Product of research, teaching and debate by the author over 30+ years.

* Analyses the intersection of urban design, public policy and property development * Will extend the scope, effectiveness and potential reach of urban design * Describes which policy took work and why .

The economic literature relating to the supply of land is drawn together here with the book covering the supply of land for urban development. It shows how land has characteristics differentiating it from other factors of production which will also affect its supply for some uses.