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A review of the BURA awards for best practice in urban regeneration

Jones, Peter; Gripaios, Peter - In: Property Management 18 (2000) 4, pp. 218-229

awards criteria, principally economic contribution, environmental impact, sustainability, catalysis and community benefit. A …

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Land administration infrastructures for sustainable development

Enemark, Stig - In: Property Management 19 (2001) 5, pp. 366-383

The paper presents a global model for understanding land administration systems in support of sustainable development. The evolution of these systems is presented as a response to the dynamic relation between humankind and land. The Nordic evolution is described with a focus that any land...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014971547

Private property rights, culture, property management and sustainable development

Wai‐chung Lai, Lawrence - In: Property Management 24 (2006) 2, pp. 71-86

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to theorise on the nature of property management broadly understood as resource management and demonstrate the actual and potential contribution of innovative property management to sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is...

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Sustainability: a matter of energy?

Fellows, Richard - In: Property Management 24 (2006) 2, pp. 116-131

Purpose – This paper sets out to explore the concepts involved in sustainability by investigating the basic meanings of … evaluation methods. Issues of culture, human groups and institutions are examined with respect to their impact on sustainability …. Contrasts between relativist approaches (“green”) and absolute approaches (sustainability) are explored. Findings – It is …

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Sustainability planning: first, do no harm

Gordon, Peter - In: Property Management 24 (2006) 2, pp. 132-143

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe conventional top‐down planning as applied to land markets – and its limitations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper includes a brief survey of recent literature that sheds light on the argument and that puts property management into...

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The social discount rate on climate change : A case study of Part L of Schedule 1 of the UK Building Regulations – conservation of fuel and power

Yu, Marco K.W. - In: Property Management 24 (2006) 2, pp. 144-161

L. The more positive the social discount rate used in the benefit‐cost analysis, the less sustainability appears to be … metric, more attentions are needed to be given by sustainability literature on the issue of discounting . Originality …

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Maritime history, sustainable development and resource management

Davies, Stephen N.G. - In: Property Management 24 (2006) 2, pp. 179-195

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline the intellectual pre‐conditions for meaningful debate about resource management of the sea and its contents. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is historical and theoretical. Findings – The argument contends that because of the...

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Paradoxes of sustainable development : Property and participation

Batty, Susan - In: Property Management 24 (2006) 3, pp. 207-218

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore two of the paradoxes arising from different views about resource limits and sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach – The paper identifies the implications for property rights and public participation in environmental decisions....

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The framework underpinning conflicting keys in sustainability: harmony‐in‐transit

Liu, Anita M.M. - In: Property Management 24 (2006) 3, pp. 219-231

policies towards environmental sustainability of construction activities. The competing values which direct policy‐making are … modelled as short term (resource exploitation) versus long term (resource sustainability) and flexibility (freedom in land use …

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Institutional considerations for sustainable development policy implementation : A US case study

Staley, Samuel R. - In: Property Management 24 (2006) 3, pp. 232-250

Purpose – To examine political and economic institutional constraints that can facilitate or impede the implementation of sustainable development policies in urban areas. Design/methodology/approach – A case study of Santa Monica, California is sued to examine the practical limitations of...

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