Routledge Companion to Real Estate Development

Real estate development shapes the way people live and work, playing a crucial role in determining our built environment. Around the world real estate development reflects both universal human needs and region specific requirements, and with the rise of globalization there is an increasing need to better understand the full complexity of global real estate development. This companion provides comprehensive coverage of the major contemporary themes and issues in the field of real estate development research. Topics covered include:

• Social and spacial impacts
• Markets and economics
• Management and partnerships
• Finance and investment
• Sustainable real estate development
• Policy and governance

A team of international experts across the fields of real estate, planning, geography, economics and architecture reflect the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of real estate studies, providing the book with a depth and breadth of original research. Following on from the success of the textbook International Approaches to Real Estate Development, the Routledge Companion to Real Estate Development provides the up-to-date research needed for a full and sophisticated understanding of the subject. It will be an invaluable resource to students, researchers and professionals wishing to study real estate development on an international scale.

Graham Squires is a Senior Lecturer in Planning and Real Estate at the University of Birmingham, UK

Erwin Heurkens is Assistant Professor for Urban Area Development at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Richard Peiser is Michael D. Spear Professor of Real Estate Development and Director of the Real Estate Initiative at Harvard University, USA