Bøger af Tom Kauko

Safety aspects comprise one of the most important determinants of urban location choice and, more indirectly, also property value. This body of literature much conveys our current knowledge about how negative social externalities and their mitigation affect the attractiveness of cities. In this study such effects on both people and property are examined. This includes participating in current debates on ghettoization, immigrant crimes and asylum centres ¿ and terrorism. These issues are connected, and used as umbrella concept for the most serious threats facing Western cities in the foreseeable future. Recognising and strictly dealing with the safety problems caused by immigration are vital preconditions for keeping urban areas liveable and city centres (as icons of city identity) convivial. A successful management of these problems could then be used as strategy for city competition.

A new framework for understanding the underpinnings of real estate property value and the role it plays in the larger economy Value in a Changing Built Environment examines the professional foundations on which the valuation exercise and the valuation profession rest. Written by noted experts in the field, the book addresses the often limited understanding of the concept of property value by explaining the intrinsic linkages between economic, environmental, social, and cultural measures and components of property value. The book offers a framework that paves the way towards a more holistic approach to property value. The book unwraps many of the traditional assumptions that have underpinned market participants' decision making over the last few decades. The authors explore the concept that a blindfold application of valuation theories and approaches adopted from finance is unlikely to be able to cope with the nature of property as an economic and public good. This vital resource: Explains the criteria for making estimates of value that can be applied worldwide Offers an integrated approach to property value and the valuation processes Captures the often illusive intangibles such as environmental performance into valuation Addresses a market failure to account for wider criteria on building performance Value in a Changing Built Environment examines how real estate valuation plays a pivotal role in decision making and how a new body of knowledge can improve the practice in both business and social domains.