Environmental Risks in Real Estate Transactions
Environmental Risks in Real Estate Transactions

Author: Donald C. Nanney

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13:

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This book introduces real estate buyers to the potential liability involved with purchasing property or a business where there may have been an environmental hazard. Describing the impact of environmental laws on various participants to a real estate transactions, this guide covers methods of dealing with environmental risks in these transactions. Readers will learn about environmental risks, how those risks may affect their interests, and what can be done to avoid or minimize risks at the time of a real estate business transaction.

Sustainable Real Estate
Sustainable Real Estate

Author: Thomas Walker

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-10-11

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 3319945653

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This edited collection broadens the definition of sustainable real estate based on industry trends, research, and the Paris Climate Agreements. Discussions encompass existing and new buildings throughout their life cycle, the financing of their development and operations, and their impact on the surrounding environments and communities. This broader perspective provides a better understanding of the interconnected nature of the environmental, societal, communal, political, and financial issues affecting sustainable real estate, revealing the wide-ranging impact of practitioners' decisions on the sustainable real estate system. Bringing together carefully selected articles from leading global academic and practitioner experts from urban planning, design, construction, and finance, this collection brings to light new opportunities and innovative transdisciplinary solutions to as-yet unresolved problems.

Environmental Risks for Major Projects
Environmental Risks for Major Projects

Author: Louise Moore

Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 1908239212

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This title provides assistance on legal risk management following environmental incidents such as Fukushima and Deepwater Horizon. It reflects how such incidents have led many governments, international corporations and financial institutions to reassess their approach to safety and environmental risk.

Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment to 2050
Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment to 2050

Author: Tim Dixon

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2018-02-20

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1119063817

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Brings together leading thinking on issues of new professional practice and on the future of a sustainable built environment This book focuses on both construction and development issues, and examines how we can transition to a sustainable future by the year 2050—bringing together leading research and practice at building, neighbourhood, and city levels. It deftly analyses how emerging socio-economic, technological, and environmental trends will influence the built environment of the future. The book covers a broad spectrum of interests across the scales of buildings, communities and cities, including how professional practice will need to adapt to these trends. The broader context is provided by an analysis of emergent business models and the changing requirements for expert advice from clients. Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment to 2050: A Foresight Approach to Construction and Development features chapters covering: data and trends, including historical data and UK and international case studies; policies and practice related to the field; current state of scientific understanding; key challenges; key technological advances (including disruptive and systemic technological innovations); change issues and critical uncertainties; and future visions. It provides: A strong conceptual framework based on a ‘Foresight' approach Discussion of the key data and trends that underpin each chapter Coverage of both construction and property development Specially commissioned chapters by academics and practitioners A synthesis of the main findings in the book and key insights for the future to 2050 Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment to 2050: A Foresight Approach to Construction and Development is an important book for postgraduate students and researchers, construction, real estate and property development specialists, engineers, planners, architects, foresight and futures studies specialists, and anyone involved in sustainable buildings.