Built Environment and Property Management

Built Environment and Property Management - A Focus on Australia is a unique collection of articles that represent the very highest level of scholarship in the field. The articles published in this collection identify some emergent themes that have subsequently established themselves as key trends among academics in the field. These include the following:- Green buildings- Management efficiency- Made-to-order housing- Corporate social responsibility- REIT performance. This new collection provides an unparalleled insight into the built environment and property management industry and will enable readers to access the most important 'thinkers' active in this arena today.

This collection consists of 12 articles previously published in Emerald journals between 2010 and 2013 on the built environment and property management in Australia, focusing on green buildings, the management efficiency of construction businesses, housing affordability, fatal incidents involving excavators in the construction industry, valuation and assessment, measures of environmentally sustainable development and their effect on property asset value, biodiversity conservation and urban growth, planning agreements and sustainability, plant-related fatalities in the construction industry, operative and manager attitudes towards cultural diversity, and the gender composition of boards of directors of REIT (Real Estate Investment Trusts). Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. --Annotation ©2016 Ringgold Inc. Portland, OR (protoview.com)