ABSTRACT

An international approach to the study and teaching of real estate is increasingly important in today’s global market. With chapters covering numerous countries and every continent, International Approaches to Real Estate Development introduces real estate development theory and practice to students and professionals in the comparative international context. The book provides readers with a global compendium written by an international team of experts and includes key features such as:

  • Chapters covering: the United States; United Kingdom; Netherlands; Hungary; United Arab Emerites; Bahrain and Qatar; Ghana; Chile; India; China; Hong Kong; and Australia
  • An introduction providing theory and concepts for comparative analysis
  • Discussion and debate surrounding international real estate development in its approach, characteristics, geography, implementation and outcomes
  • A concluding chapter which brings together comparative analyses of the different real estate development case study findings
  • Reflections on the global financial crisis and the new real estate development landscape
  • Further reading and glossary

The wide range of case studies and the mix of textbook theory with research mean this book is an essential purchase for undergraduate and postgraduate students of real estate, property development, urban studies, planning and urban economics.

chapter 1|22 pages

Introduction

Introducing international approaches to real estate development

chapter 2|23 pages

United States

From small private market local entrepreneurs towards sophisticated enterprise

chapter 3|20 pages

United Kingdom

Growth, structure and priorities of the UK real estate development industry: the longstanding division between commercial and residential developers

chapter 4|16 pages

Netherlands

A search for alternative public–private development strategies from neighbouring countries

chapter 5|19 pages

Hungary

The case of post-socialist urban planning in Budapest

chapter 6|22 pages

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Qatar

Middle Eastern complexity and contradiction

chapter 7|14 pages

Ghana

Impact of land use planning on real estate development return in a developing world context

chapter 8|13 pages

Chile

Latino gentrification from the Santiago ‘city-heights'

chapter 9|17 pages

India

Real estate development in the fastest growing free market democracy

chapter 10|18 pages

China

From a planned welfare-based public housing system to a market-oriented real estate industry

chapter 11|15 pages

Hong Kong

The speculative rather than technical real estate property market process

chapter 12|18 pages

Australia

Dark and light through a looking glass

chapter 13|13 pages

Conclusion

Concluding international approaches to real estate development