... Gated community Property development Drivers Housing Developer Ghana Housing is a fundamental human need due to the provision of shelter. Despite housing being a fundamental human need by providing shelter and security, many people strive to own homes for other reasons. For example, people...

... the best practices applied in the property development industry in the UK. Design/methodology/approach The study employs a qualitative research approach through semi-structured interviews from the FM and property development industry in the UK. Findings The study discovered that the recognition...

... form, by other investors must be questioned. Potential reforms will be suggested which should help ensure that such failures do not happen in the future. Dr Graham Squires can be contacted at: g.squires@bham.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Finance Healthcare Property...

... back to the landowners (Archer, 1988). Property development Land Urban areas Currently, Ethiopia is experiencing a very fast rate of urban expansion both demographically and spatially. The urban population projection shows that by 2020 one from every five Ethiopians will be living...

...Sharon Yam Purpose The purpose of this research is to assess the implementation of sustainable practice by Malaysian property developers, particularly on social and environmental perspectives. Design/methodology/approach This is a qualitative research where content analysis is used to analyse...

...Franky W.H. Wong; Edwin H.W. Chan; Patrick T.I. Lam Purpose This study aims to identify the most critical concerns of property developers in terms of the transaction costs involved in compliance with environmental laws at the building scheme design stage when key design decisions are made...

...Su Li Ang; Sara J. Wilkinson Purpose Sustainable property development has increased in market share over the past two to three years globally and locally. This research aims to analyze the drivers and barriers to sustainable property development in Melbourne using the triple bottom line (TBL...

... are placed in the context of property and property investment. It is concluded that a knowledge of ethical issues is advantageous for property professionals, especially when advising ethical investor clients. Ethical investment Management Property development Investment It is not the intention...

... of the approach. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Land use Ratios Property development Land tenure Values China With the rapid economic progress of China, many Chinese citizens possess their own residences today. Most residences owned are flats – many owners jointly holding the same building. Even...

...O.J. Ebohon; B.G. Field; R.R. Mbuga A more efficient land and property market is fundamental to solving Africa’s apparently endemic problems with real property development. Despite similar problems in other developing countries, they are more pronounced in sub‐Saharan Africa and, in the absence...

...Low Sui Pheng; David K.H. Ho; Yeap Soon Ann A study of property developers in Singapore showed that their crisis management capabilities are influenced by their size and opinion. Developers generally concentrate on preparing formal procedures to deal with crises pertaining to breakdowns. Explicit...

... and pitfalls or assist them with decisions. Research should aim to develop decision‐support software of real practical use to actors in the management of projects. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Project management Property development Real estate Software development In commercial development...

... landowners. This paper reviews the experience of the private sector in restructuring obsolete industrial properties in Hong Kong. In particular, we focus our discussions on a recent market initiative (composite industrial‐office property development in Hong Kong) as an innovative attempt to make better use...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Planning Property development Regional regeneration Brownfield's first initiative Keywords Planning, Property development, Regional regeneration The RIBA is launching a 30-minute video entitled Brownfields First, as part of its...

...Seow‐Eng Ong This paper examines the adverse selection problem associated with the pre‐completion marketing of property developments. When developers choose to finance their projects by pre‐selling in a pooling equilibrium, they pass on the risk of failure to the buyers and increase expected...

... management issues experienced in China. Discusses this in three sections: the existing environmental problems; future environmental problems and strategies for environmental protection. © MCB UP Limited 1996 China Environment Offices Property development Western countries have benefited...

... and economic issues have been significant in the Canary Wharf project and, along with those which follow, they add to the contextual explanation for the changing fortunes of Canary Wharf. Spatial‐structural change influences locational decisions in urban property development, and because it changes...

...A.R. Ghanbari Parsa; M. Akhavan Farshchi The property development process lies at the heart of the production of the built environment, thus having the greatest impact on the natural environment. With the increased individual and governmental concern about the environment, much pressure is being...

... of development from other forms of property development (notably similar forms such as business parks). Proposes various determinants for the potential success of hi‐tech industrial property developments, and suggests that certain types of development (i.e. unfavourable geographical location) have been...

...Robert Stevenson; Keith Potts; Loraine Houlton Joint ventures in property development can bring considerable benefits to the parties. For example, in a joint venture involving a local authority the authority will be able to play a positive role in urban regeneration while the developer will gain...