Sustainability and Real Estate: Context and Concepts
(2021)
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Real Estate (RE) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Ghana (2021)
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The United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs) that became effective at the commencement of January 2016 constitute a global community agreement calling for action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peac... Read More about Real Estate (RE) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Ghana.
Housing Development in the Context of Environmental Sustainability: The Ghanaian Experience (2021)
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Although a basic need, housing and its development activities impinge on the environment. As part of efforts to promote sustainability, there have been several initiatives since the Brundtland Commission's work in 1987 to minimise the adverse impact... Read More about Housing Development in the Context of Environmental Sustainability: The Ghanaian Experience.
Sustainability in Real Estate: Conclusions and Prospects (2021)
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Progress under sustainability principles is now widely accepted as the goal that every society should pursue. Whilst the built environment has imbibed these sustainability principles just like many other sectors, scholarly works that bring together e... Read More about Sustainability in Real Estate: Conclusions and Prospects.
COVID-19 and Sustainability (2021)
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The world has been witnessing a new dreadful disease since the latter part of 2019. The disease known as the novel coronavirus disease often referred to as COVID-19 originated from the Chinese city of Wuhan in the Hubei province and has since spread... Read More about COVID-19 and Sustainability.
Variation in Property Valuation and Market Data Sources in Ghana (2020)
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This chapter examines two related issues that impinge on the quality of valuation produced for a variety of purposes. The chapter first examines the extent of variation in values among valuers in Ghana and then the sources and reliability of data use... Read More about Variation in Property Valuation and Market Data Sources in Ghana.
The Role of urban planning in Sub-Saharan Africa Urban Pollution Management (2018)
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Principles of sustainability and life-cycle analysis (2016)
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There is a growing call for the adoption of sustainable construction practices in the built environment to address the excessively unsustainable consumption of natural resources. Life-cycle analysis (LCA) is often suggested as a useful approach towar... Read More about Principles of sustainability and life-cycle analysis.
Human action as an overarching determinant of sub-Saharan Africa’s urban land use planning (2013)
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Gyau, K., Hammond, F., Booth, C., Lamond, J., Proverbs, D., & Bloch, R. (2013). Human action as an overarching determinant of sub-Saharan Africa’s urban land use planning. In R. Abdulai (Ed.), A Compendium of International Real Estate & Construction Issues. Nova Science Publishers
Urbanisation and climate change (2012)
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