Economics for the modern built environment /
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2009. |
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| Description: | xx, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7547327 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of contributors
- Introduction and overview
- 1. The changing nature of the built environment: an economic perspective
- 2. Quantifying the GDP-construction relationship
- 3. Input-output techniques applied to construction
- 4. The scope of the construction sector: determining its value
- 5. Investment in construction and economic growth: a long-term perspective
- 6. The impact of fiscal, monetary and regulatory policy on the construction industry
- 7. From the short to the long term: history and development of leading indicators and building cycles
- 8. Construction markets in a changing world economy
- 9. Global construction markets and contractors
- 10. The new construction industry
- 11. The impact of reverse knowledge transfer on competitiveness: the case of Turkish contractors
- 12. Market interdependencies between real estate, investment, development and construction: the Dutch experience
- 13. Theories of investment in property: use of information, knowledge and intelligent technologies
- Index
