Economics for the Modern Built Environment

ISBN-13: 9780415454254 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 276 str.

Opis

Recent decades have seen a major social and economic changes across the developed world and consequent changes in the construction and property industries. The discipline of construction economics needs to respond to this. For instance, the importance of sustainable development has become recognised, as has the need to increasingly master the medium and long-term consequences of construction, not only in the production but also in the management of buildings across their whole life-cycle. And the new focus on the service rendered by buildings, as distinct from the buildings themselves, has prompted a new approach to the construction and property industries. Any economic analysis of these sectors has to take account of all the participants involved in the life-cycle of building structures - not only in the design and construction, but also in the operation, maintenance, refurbishment and demolition of property. This innovative new book draws on the work of the Task Group of the CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation) on Macroeconomics for Construction. It pulls together discussions of mesoeconomic and macroeconomic models and methodologies in construction economics and presents an exciting approach to the analysis of the operation and function of the construction and property sector within the economy. Graduate students and researchers will find it an invaluable work.

Spis treści

1. The Changing Nature of the Built Environment  2. Defining the Sector  3. The Economics of Architecture and Urban Design  4. Market Dynamics  5. Structures Investment and Economic Growth  6. The Economics of Maintenance  7. Demand Versus Supply Side Strategies  8. Business, Building and Property Cycles  9. Impacts of Construction and Property Markets on the Macroeconomy  10. Impacts of Fiscal, Monetary and Regulatory Policies  11. Market Modelling and Forecasting  12. Interrelationships of the Building and Property Sectors  13. The Changing Nature of the Built Environment  14. Globalisation and Contagion in the World Economy  15. Theories of Investment in Property  16. Trends and Cycles in Property Investment  17. Regulatory Issues  18. Construction Activity and Economic Development  19. Aggregate GDP and Construction Value-Added  20. Real Estate Cycles  21. Input-Output Economics in the Built Environment  22. Construction and Property Markets in a Changing World Economy

O autorze

Les Ruddock is Professor of Construction and Property Economics, and Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Business, Law and the Built Environment, at the University of Salford. He is the Co-ordinator of the CIB (Conseil International du Bâtiment) Task Group on Macroeconomics for Construction.