The laying out of theory has enabled a cognitive framework to allow those in real estate development policy and practice to learn and understand more beyond the site and beyond the national borders of the site. This ‘approach’ has shown that a global real estate ‘market’ is not the only focus of attention for international…

While for a long time the Dutch followed their own path in land and property development, they have now broadened their scope to alternative approaches. One might argue that they are forced to do so by changing market conditions on the one hand, and a different, neoliberal political attitude towards the role of the public sector in planning and…

Real estate development is a significant factor in shaping the built environment. It shapes the way people live and work, and by doing so determines and enables human activity to evolve. Around the globe, real estate development forms a contemporary reflection of societal needs and market demand of particular geographies. Nonetheless, due to globalization we…

The perceptibly changing climate has resulted in more precipitation in a small number of short periods. As most urban water management systems were developed at a time when precipitation was distributed more evenly throughout the year, they cannot deal properly with the new circumstances, and high groundwater levels and excess water are the result. In…