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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450837203321

Titolo

Institutions/culture and sustainable development [[electronic resource] ] : part II / / guest editors: Daniel C.W. Ho and Lawrence W.C. Lai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006

ISBN

1-280-70595-7

9786610705955

1-84544-985-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 p.)

Collana

Property Management ; ; 24, no. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

HoDaniel C. W

LaiLawrence Wai-chung

Disciplina

333.5

333.54

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; Paradoxes of sustainable development; The framework underpinning conflicting keys in sustainability: harmony-in-transit; Institutional considerations for sustainable development policy implementation; A "Hong Kong" model of sustainable development; The leasehold system as a land management measure to attain sustainable development planning by contract A Hong Kong case study Eric C.K. Ho Department of Real Estate and Construction, University of H; Governance in a co-ownership environment

Effects of building management regimes of private apartment buildings in Hong KongHKSAR's nature conservation policy - a new formulation for an old problem?; Energy issues in Chongqing; Impact of urbanization on building energy consumption and the role of BEE design codes in China

Sommario/riassunto

Being part of resource management, the professional arena of property management has made a significant contribution to the paradigm of 'sustainable development' or 'sustainability'. This e-book, split over two



issues (Part I in 24:2), aims to promote interdisciplinary research on the area of sustainability and property management in terms of institutional arrangements, culture, history and various facets of property management broadly understood as resource planning, management and development. The articles in Part II cover three crucial areas: modeling sustainable development, environmental