Economics for the Modern Built Environment.
Construction economics needs to respond to the new emphasis on sustainable development, on the medium and long-term consequences of construction, on the whole life-cycle, and on the service rendered by buildings. Its focus now extends from design and construction, to the operation, maintenance, refu...
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Contributors; Introduction and overview; Chapter 1 The changing nature of the built environment: An economic perspective; Chapter 2 Quantifying the GDP-construction relationship; Chapter 3 Input-output techniques applied to construction; Chapter 4 The scope of the construction sector: Determining its value; Chapter 5 Investment in construction and economic growth: A long-term perspective; Chapter 6 The impact of fiscal, monetary and regulatory policy on the construction industry.
- Chapter 7 From the short to the long term: History and development of leading indicators and building cyclesChapter 8 Construction markets in a changing world economy; Chapter 9 Global construction markets and contractors; Chapter 10 The new construction industry; Chapter 11 The impact of reverse knowledge transfer on competitiveness: The case of Turkish contractors; Chapter 12 Market interdependencies between real estate, investment, development and constructio.