International Journal of Strategic Property Management

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Airport redesign for safety and security: case studies of three Scottish airports/Oro uosto pertvarkymas siekiant saugumo ir aps
1. INTRODUCTION Airports are safer today than they were in the past. Blakey (2005) appearing before the US Senate Commerce subcommittee on aviation safety issues said that "three year average comm . . .

Knowledge model for post-disaster management/Vadybai po stichiniu nelaimiu skirtas ziniu modelis.
The main aim of this research is to help post-disaster managers to find most rational solutions by using advanced knowledge and developed Model. Post-disaster management is shared, purposeful ac . . .

A human-computer interaction principles based framework to assess the user perception of web based virtual research environments
1. BACKGROUND The notion of collaborative research has been a growing subject of discussion during the last few decades (Subramanyam, 1983; Katz and Martin, 1997; Smith and Katz, 2000; Laudel, 200 . . .

Legislation for effective post-disaster reconstruction/ Efektyvaus aplinkos atstatymo po stichiniu nelaimiu istatymai.
1. INTRODUCTION The need to develop a resilient community capable of recovering from disasters is of increasing concern in many countries. New Zealand especially is vulnerable to most forms of nat . . .

Community involvement in post disaster re-construction--case study of the British red cross Maldives recovery program/Bendruomen
1. INTRODUCTION The 2004 Asian tsunami was an unprecedented natural disaster in modern times. The scale, timing, and media coverage of the event conspired to create an environment of great philant . . .

Post disaster waste management strategies in developing countries: case of Sri Lanka/Atlieku tvarkymo po stichiniu nelaimiu stra
1. INTRODUCTION Disasters, which are occurring in an increasing frequency in the world with devastating impacts (Shaw, 2006), have been defined in many ways depending on their characteristics and . . .

A fuzzy decision-making approach for portfolio management with direct real estate investment/Sprendimu priemimo metodas esant ne
1. INTRODUCTION In an intricate and dynamic market, decision making is a complex human cognitive process with regard to uncertainties such as price and interest volatility. Therefore, institutiona . . .

Capacity building for post-disaster infrastructure development and management.(Guest Editorial)
In June 2008, the European Commission funded EURopean and ASian Infrastructure Advantage (EURASIA) project led a special session at The International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construc . . .

Risk management in road construction: the case of Sri Lanka/Rizikos valdymas tiesiant kelius: Sri Lankos atvejis.
1. BACK GROUND Every human endeavor involves risk (Dey and Ogunlana, 2004; Poh and Tah, 2006). The success or failure therefore of any venture depends crucially on how we deal with it (Dey, 2001). . . .

Phased multi-target areal development competitions: algorithms for competitor allocation/ Etapiniai daugiatiksliai teritoriju pl
1. INTRODUCTION This study is based on the idea that the urban planning process can be developed in cooperation between society and developers and their designers also in the case of publicly owne . . .

Diversification benefits in the Finnish commercial property market/Diversifikacijos nauda suomijos komercinio nekilnojamojo turt
1. INTRODUCTION Internationalisation of the European real estate market has been a growing trend of the millennium, the cross boarder investments accounting for 63% in 2007 (Jones Lang Lasalle, 20 . . .

Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: moving on to the highest flexibility level/ Lankstus darbas skotijos viet
1. INTRODUCTION Efficiency, Effectiveness and Economics (3Es) in property management have been recommended by both researchers and, particularly, Government auditors. The Audit Commission (AC) (19 . . .

The conceptual model of construction and real estate negotiation/Koncepcinis statybos ir nekilnojamojo turto derybu modelis.(Rep
1. INTRODUCTION The progress of a national economy and society is impossible without the construction, because the result of construction--real estate of various purposes--is necessary for people . . .

Sustainability assessment for corporate management of energy production and supply companies for Lithuania/Darnios aplinkos iver
1. ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT TASKS The economy of any country may be evaluated according to the development level of its energy infrastructure. Economic development is directly related wit . . .

Predicting urban land prices: a comparison of four approaches/ Zemes kainy miestuose prognozes: keturiv metody palyginimas.(Repo
ABSTRACT. This paper investigates forecasting accuracy of four different hedonic approaches, when vacant urban land prices are predicted in local markets. The investigated hedonic approaches are: 1) . . .

Identifying house price diffusion patterns among Australian state capital cities/ Nekilnojamojo turto kainv kitimo modeliv tarp
ABSTRACT. Prior research supports the proposition that house price diffusion shows a ripple effect along the spatial dimension. That is, house price changes in one region would reflect in subsequent . . .

Modelling the impact of wind farms on house prices in the UK/ Vejo jegainiu poveikio namu kainoms jungtineje karalysteje modelia
ABSTRACT. This paper discusses the findings from a UK study to determine the likely impact of a wind farm on house prices using a hedonic pricing model. The Government's commitment to wind power has . . .

Analysis of the housing market in Lithuania/Nekilnojamojo turto rinkos Lietuvoje analize.(Report)
ABSTRACT. Cointegration and Granger causality tests were used for the statistical analyses of the housing market in Lithuania. The relationship between the cost of housing and affordability on the o . . .

Open space management in residential areas--how it is organised and why/Atviru plotu tvarkymas gyvenamosiose teritorijose--kaip
ABSTRACT. Housing companies manage a considerable proportion of urban open green space in Sweden. This article explores how 62 Swedish housing companies, municipal and private, organise their open s . . .

Introducing more transparent and efficient land management in post-socialist cities: lessons from Kyrgyzstan/Skaidresnes ir efek
ABSTRACT. The Urban Institute (UI) worked with five cities in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan to apply better management practices through the development of Strategic Land Management Plans. Kyrgyzstan trans . . .

Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: developing a combined resource management strategy/Lankstus darbas Skotij
ABSTRACT. As indicated in Government reports and previous research, the traditional office environment of both central and local governments has been occupied with high occupancy cost. Flexible work . . .

Urban regeneration economics: the case of Lisbon's old downtown/ Miestv atgaivinimo ekonomika: senojo Lisabonos komercinio rajon
ABSTRACT. Buildings are one of the biggest assets of Lisbon's central downtown accumulated over a period of several centuries. The efficient use and optimization of the value of these assets are a c . . .

Foreign investment and the Brazilian real estate market.
ABSTRACT. This article discusses the main aspects of the Brazilian real estate market in order to illustrate if it would be attractive for a typical American real estate investor to buy office-build . . .

Hedonic analysis of price in the Istanbul housing market.
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that affect housing prices in Istanbul. A hedonic price model is employed in order to examine housing price determinants with respect to . . .

Determinants of commercial mortgage-backed securities credit ratings: Australian evidence.
ABSTRACT. Using artificial neural networks (ANN) and ordinal regression (OR) as alternative methods to predict Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities (CMBS) credit ratings, we examine the role that v . . .

From modelling tools towards the market itself--an opportunity for sustainability assessment?
ABSTRACT. Market based analyses of residential property value traditionally fall within two broad research traditions: a 'more practical' value analysis tradition and a 'more academic' market analys . . .

End-user oriented Public-Private Partnerships in real estate industry/I galutini vartotoja orientuotos viesosios ir privasiosios
ABSTRACT. The European Union (EU) is reforming its public services and suggesting Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) as a solution for producing high quality and cost effective real estate service d . . .

Energy-efficient asset management for professional landlords/profesionaliems nuomotojams: turto valdymas efektyviai vartojant en
ABSTRACT. C[O.sub.2] reduction by means of energy conservation is an important topic in many governmental environmental policies. As new construction accounts for a fraction of the total building st . . .

Property market nature and the choice of property portfolio diversification strategies: the Nigeria experience/nuosavybes rinkos
ABSTRACT. With a focus on the Nigerian property market, this paper considered and empirically analyzed how property market nature and the perception of market players of some qualitative factors hav . . .

The concept model of sustainable buildings refurbishment/koncepcinis darnaus visuomeniniu pastatu atnaujinimo modelis.(Report)
ABSTRACT. Sustainable development principles reaching many spheres of human activities, public buildings refurbishment is not an exemption in this case. Buildings refurbishment supports excellent op . . .

Application of the adaptive reuse potential model in Hong Kong: a case study of Lui Seng Chun.(historic preservation and sustain
1. INTRODUCTION The number of new residential completions in 2006 was 16,579, adding 1.5% to the stock of residential units in Hong Kong (including Kowloon and the New Territories) of 1,053,246 un . . .

An analysis of housing location attributes in the inner city of budapest, Hungary, using expert judgements.
1. INTRODUCTION The role of location quality in housing consumption is an increasingly important research objective given the demand-side considerations stemming from economic and socio-cultural c . . .

Housing price diffusion pattern of Australia's state capital cities.
1. INTRODUCTION House prices in Australian main metropolitan areas displayed sharp increase trends from 1996, until 2004 when the trends eased. Al though the current Australian house prices moveme . . .

An analysis of dwelling market in Vilnius Lithuania.(trends in market of residential real estate)
1. INTRODUCTION Every day one can read in newspapers or magazines about the problems associated with the development of real estate market. Some articles write about constantly growing property va . . .

Managing Government Property Assets.(Book review)
MANAGING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY ASSETS Olga Kaganova and James McKellar (eds), The Urban Institute Press, Washington, D. C., 2006, 438 pp. ISBN 0 87766 730 6 The key objective of this book is to esta . . .

Evaluating managers diversification of real estate portfolios: evidence from Nigeria.(Report)
ABSTRACT. While there is evidence on the effectiveness of diversifying real estate portfolio geographically, or by property type, there is lack of empirical evidence to justify whether diversificati . . .

Analysing location attributes with a hedonic model for apartment prices in Donetsk, Ukraine.(Report)
ABSTRACT. A hedonic model is specified for asking prices for apartments in Donetsk (Ukraine). This model is used to determine statistically significant location attributes. These attributes can be u . . .

A sustainable analysis of a detached house heating system throughout its life cycle. A case study.(Case study)
ABSTRACT. Approximately 40% of final energy is consumed in buildings both in Lithuania and the European Union. In cold climate countries major part of the consumed energy is heat. Therefore, in orde . . .

A strategic Integrated Healthcare Facility Management Model.(Report)
ABSTRACT. The requirement to reduce expenditure on "non-core" activities, along with building's owners' expectations for improved performance, are the main dilemmas with which a facility manager dea . . .

Asymmetric information in the Hong Kong forward property market.
ABSTRACT. Use of forward contracts for pre-selling uncompleted properties is becoming popular in many countries. However, there have been limited researches investigating the risks arising from asym . . .

Client influence on valuation: perceptual analysis of the driving factors.
ABSTRACT. Recent behavioural real estate research effort on valuation bias judgement suggests that client influence is an important source of such bias. This paper, therefore, considers the theoreti . . .

Contractor selection for performance-based maintenance partnerships.
ABSTRACT. Dutch housing associations use new procurement methods such as performance-based maintenance partnerships for maintaining their housing stock. Such partnerships promise a range of advantag . . .

Optimization Methods for a Stakeholder Society: A Revolution in Economic Thinking by Multi-Objective Optimization.(Book review)
OPTIMIZATION METHODS FOR A STAKEHOLDER SOCIETY A REVOLUTION IN ECONOMIC THINKING BY MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION, Series in Nonconvex Optimization and its Applications, Willem K. BRAUERS, Kluwer Aca . . .

Defining the utility and market value of a real estate: a multiple criteria approach.
ABSTRACT. This paper considers the application of methodology for the defining the utility and market value of a real estate. The theoretical basis of the methodology is developed. The proposed meth . . .

A comparative analysis on housing policies in Turkey and Lithuania.
ABSTRACT. The housing sector is a very important sector in the national economy worldwide. The greater importance of the housing sector is broadly defined, to include financing, upgrading, repairs, . . .

Office price index lagging in Singapore and Hong Kong.
ABSTRACT. Price discovery of real estate investment has been getting lots of attentions from researchers and it is generally believed that lagging errors exist in appraisal-based returns of commerci . . .

Implications of the current trend in mortgage valuation practice in Nigeria.
ABSTRACT. The emerging concern on the reliability of property valuations coupled with the attendant consequences of growing number of distressed banks in Nigeria necessitate this study. Therefore, t . . .

Market orientation and the property development business in Singapore.
ABSTRACT. The property development business is often regarded as one of high risk and return. As such, developing a competitive advantage is critical. Extant literature suggests that market orientat . . .

Elements of sourcing strategies in FM services--a multiple case study.(facility management)
ABSTRACT. The aim of this paper is to identify the different elements of the sourcing strategy decision-making process and to clarify what are the factors that lead to the selection of a certain sou . . .

Implementation of project management principles in Spanish residential developments.
ABSTRACT. Urban development of land and subsequent residential development of buildings are closely related to construction industry. Within the industry, project management is widely applied in Ang . . .