Buildings contribute around half of all greenhouse gas emissions and Australian offices alone account for 12% of all greenhouse gas emissions. As city authorities seek ways of reducing the contribution of cities to climate change and global warming, building adaptation appears to offer a means...

Population modelling has shown Australian buildings face a future where adaptation of the stock will become increasingly necessary to secure a sustainable future (CSIRO, 2002). Changes in population pose threats to sustainability in terms of the trend for increasing affluence and because there...

Cycle theory is one of the basic human observations of the natural world as well as in human societies. It is defined by the Dictionary of Theories as íevents, economics and political systems move through cycles similar to the natural life-cycles of living beingsî (Bothamley 2002, p.133)....

In recent times there have been a rapidly increasing number of sustainable buildings entering the global real estate market. Many of these buildings differ considerably with respect to their sustainable features from a design and/or performance basis, although a wide range of sustainable...

This paper focuses on the theory of economic transformation, applied to property market emergence and comparing different transitional economies. Past experience of the Chinese and East European markets has major differences. This paper reviews the Chinese economic transition with emphasis...

This study examines volatility patterns in Australian housing prices. This is undertaken by decomposing the conditional volatility of housing prices into a ípermanentî component and a ítransitoryî component via a Component-Generalised Autoregressive Conditional Heteoskedasticity (CGARCH)...

An understanding of residential housing market drivers, particularly in relation to economic variations in house prices both within and between suburbs, continues to present challenges for researchers and stakeholders. Most urban cities contain precincts with high or low house values regardless...

The conclusions of the Stern Report (HMSO, 2006) made clear the increasingly stark choices facing mankind. If stringent action to reduce carbon emissions is not taken within the ten to fifteen year period between 2016 and 2021, the coming generations are locked into climate disaster (HMSO,...

Previous research has identified varying degrees of stigma attached to high voltage overhead transmission lines (HVOTLs) depending upon characteristics such as visibility, size, location and the potential impact on house value. In addition to HVOTLs there are other common types of...

Property taxes are an important source of local gove rnment finance in many western countries. Such taxes are primarily based on value although differ widely in the basis and method of valuation used. The Council Tax is the system in Great Britain of taxing residential property for local...