Description
Book SynopsisMany years have elapsed since the start of sustainability revolution, yet there is still a lack of diverse collections offering in-depth analysis of sustainability principles applied to real estate in the developing world.
Sustainable Real Estate in the Developing World offers a perfect and ideal synthesis of works that examine sustainability within various facets of real estate and urban development in the developing world. Harnessing multi- and inter-disciplinary perspectives, this book discusses the fundamental issues of the complex nexus between the built environment and sustainable development, thereby illuminating how they are affecting and will potentially affect each other. The book highlights rich and practical experiences, challenges, and best practices of over ten countries in four continents, with contributors proffering solutions around topics such as the following: sustainable development goals and the urban agenda; housing development in the context of environmental sustainability; demand for sustainable features in commercial real estate; urban development, land use changes, and environmental impacts in cities; urbanization, environmental externalities, and house prices; building information modelling adaptability for sustainable residential real estate development; and COVID-19 and sustainable development.
This collection is useful to academics, researchers, and students in all the built environment disciplines, as well as to policy makers, practitioners, professional bodies and the international donor community.
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Sustainability and real estate: context and concepts;
Raymond Talinbe Abdulai and Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah Chapter 2. Linkages between urbanization, real estate investments, and sustainability in Turkey;
Yesim Tanrıvermiş and Harun Tanrıvermiş Chapter 3. Demand for sustainable features in commercial real estate in Nigeria;
Timothy Tunde Oladokun and Robert Ereola Shiyanbola Chapter 4. An overview of real estate sustainability in Romania;
Vlad Poenaru Chapter 5. Urban development, land use changes, and environmental impacts in Zambia’s major cities: a case study of Ndola;
Ephraim K. Munshifwa, Chota M. Mwenya and Anthony Mushinge Chapter 6. The case of North Lake (Beihu) ecological new town in Jining, Shandong, China: discourses of class, taste, luxury consumption, and ‘conduct’;
Qianqian Qin and Andrew Law Chapter 7. Real estate (RE) and sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Ghana;
Raymond Abdulai and Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah Chapter 8. Urbanization, environmental externalities, and house prices in China;
Helen X. H. Bao Chapter 9. Building information modelling (BIM) adaptability for sustainable residential property development in Lagos, Nigeria;
Benjamin Gbolahan Ekemode and Daramola Thompson Olapade Chapter 10. Housing development in the context of environmental sustainability: the Ghanaian experience;
Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah and Raymond Talinbe Abdulai Chapter 11. COVID-19 and sustainability;
Raymond Abdulai and Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah Chapter 12. Sustainability in real estate: conclusions and prospects;
Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah and Raymond Talinbe Abdulai
