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Book Description

Real estate development accounts for one of the major economic sectors in most countries, yet during the last two decades research on this important topic has been scattered. This textbook brings together some of the most important results on this subject. The book is written in a pedagogical way and covers crucial aspects of this industry such as growth management and real options, land use regulations, mixed housing developments, taxes, externalities, housing affordability problems, land prices and uncertainty, public infrastructures, and housing supply. This book is an excellent source for an advance course in real estate development that attempts to cover important contributions in this area. The has included multiple choice questions to test students’ assimilation of the material.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Part I Growth Management and Real Options
    1. Chapter 1 Volatility, Competition, and Investments
    2. Chapter 2 Growth Management
  9. Part II Land Use Regulation
    1. Chapter 3 Costs and Benefits of Land Use Regulation
    2. Chapter 4 The Cost of Habitat Conservation
    3. Chapter 5 A Budgetary Framework for Housing Development
  10. Part III Mixed Housing Development and Neighborhoods
    1. Chapter 6 Racial Patterns
    2. Chapter 7 Employment Growth
    3. Chapter 8 Traditional Neighborhood Development
  11. Part IV Taxes
    1. Chapter 9 Impact Fees
    2. Chapter 10 Property Taxation
    3. Chapter 11 Two-Rate Property Taxes on Construction
  12. Part V Housing Supply
    1. Chapter 12 Construction Cycles
    2. Chapter 13 Reinvestment in the Housing Stock
    3. Chapter 14 Estimating the Housing Supply
    4. Chapter 15 Movements in Office-Commercial Construction
  13. Part VI Selected Topics
    1. Chapter 16 Contamination Risk
    2. Chapter 17 Land Prices and Uncertainty
    3. Chapter 18 Housing Affordability
    4. Chapter 19 Public Infrastructures
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index
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