Development and Developers
Perspectives on Property
Published on 8. May 2008
320 pages
978-1-4051-7216-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents for the first time an interdisciplinary view ofproperty development and property developers. Fourteen contributorare brought together here from leading researchers and respectedpractitioners, including property analysts, economists,geographers, planners and sociologists. This rounded picture ofproperty research explores:
* the development of quantitative and qualitative researchmethods
* theories ranging from mainstream economics to socialconstructivism
* the inter-relationships between the economic and the social,and between individuals and organisations and theirenvironments
Development and Developers highlights the benefits ofdifferent research approaches and methods, demonstrating how a moreinclusive, multidisciplinary view of property research will connectto wider debates in urban studies.
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Overall, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the book. It hasprovided me with an interdisciplinary view of property developmentand property developers. From a research angle, this book hasdefinitely made a contribution to the research agenda. As a teacherof an undergraduate module on Real Estate Development, the seriesof papers provided me with a very useful framework for my lecturesas well as valuable materials for tutorial discussions andreadings.... I have no hesitation in recommending this book as oneof the essential readings for my students. Joseph T.L. Ooi Department of Real Estate National University of Singapore Journal of Property Investment and FinanceMore details
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Persons
Simon Guy is Reader in Urban Development, School of Architecture,Planning & Landscape, University of Newcastle
John Henneberry is Professor and Head of Department, Departmentof Town & Regional Planning, University of Sheffield
Content
Preface; Contributors; Approaching development; The market context of property development activity; Modelling the development sector of the property market; Market research for office real estate; The financial appraisal of development projects; Developers' decisions and property market behaviour; The organisation of property development professions and practices; The impact of land management and development strategies on urban redevelopment prospects; Developers in local property markets - assessing the implications of developer experiences and attitudes in the re-use of vacant industrial buildings in an old industrial area; System dynamics and the commecial development process - towards an understanding of complex behaviour and change; Evolution in the supply of commercial real estate: the emergence of a new relationship between suppliers and occupiers of real estate; Global players and the reshaping of local property markets: global pressures and local reactions; Developing interests: environmental innovation and the social organisation of the property business; Property companies and the remaking of markets: stories from the 1990s; Conclusions: interpreting development; Index.
