Urban sustainability has become a political and social agenda of global significance, of which real estate is an integral dimension. Sustainable urban development includes much more than green building standards, yet in practice, other aspects such land use plans and locations are often overlooked.

This book demonstrates that the issue of sustainable development stretches far beyond the hitherto dominating agenda based on green (i.e. environmentally and ecologically sustainable) buildings. In doing so, it presents a novel framework based on the concept of economic sustainability of...