Real estate : property markets and sustainable behaviour / Peter Dent, Michael Patrick and Ye Xu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dent, Peter, author.

Contributor:

Patrick, Michael.

Ye, Xu.

Series:

Natural and built environment series.

The natural and built environment series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Real estate business.

Real property.

Right of property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditional studies of the property market have tended to focus solely on commercial and legal issues, but the growing importance of the issue of sustainability means that a different approach is needed.This new textbook provides an overview of property within a market context, examining the complex nature of property rights and issues related to both investors and occupiers. At the same time it assesses property from the perspective of financial, social and environment sustainability. Topics covered range from the characteristics of property and depreciation, to ownership and devel

Contents:

Introduction

Background and orientation

Culture, markets and institutions

Real estate market mechanisms

Methods of ownership in the property market

Sustainability

Property investment decisions

Decision making and sustainability

Responsible property investment

Real estate and shear zones

Portrait of place

Sustainability balanced scorecard which aligns real estate with business

Introduction to the big conversation

Sustainable leadership

Sustainability skills.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-30682-X

1-283-64248-4

0-203-11794-8

1-136-30683-8

9780203117941

OCLC:

813846104