This paper examines the evolution of real estate markets in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland. The research reports the findings of an international survey of investors and property companies. Results show a perception of high risk for medium levels of return. Behavioural differences...

Budapest has undergone major physical change and transformation since the 1980s. Much of this change has been as a result of international investment and development of new commercial, retail and out of town shopping centres. This paper considers the extent to which Budapest has changed during...

This paper examines the urban development process in post-socialist cities of Budapest, Prague and Warsaw in the context of economic globalisation and societal transformation. Several factors have helped to shape the post-socialist cities of central Europe since the end of the 1980s. These...

Many researchers have focused on the success of shopping centres in developed countries, but few studies have been done for developing countries. Using Beijing as a case study, this paper analyzes consumer shopping patterns at shopping centres. The data is collected by surveys of shoppers at...

The Revised Concept Plan is the strategic land use plan to guide Singapore’s long term development. One of the key strategies in the 1991 Plan is the decentralisation of commercial activities to regional and sub-regional centres to relieve congestion in the CBD, reduce work travel and attain a...

The dramatic growth and collapse of land and property markets in Spain has been the subject of recent analysis. Such analysis has focused on the political and economic factors including the modernisation of financial systems and institutions since the 1980s. This paper examines the causes and...

It has now become increasingly noticeable that there has been an increasing trend towards the adoption of asset management by public bodies including local authorities. Since 2003 Scottish councils have been legally obliged to adopt asset management as the strategic framework for managing their...

According to the latest report by Ernst & Young, Islamic finance assets are expected to hit $1.1 trillion in 2012. This is equal to 33 percent growth from their 2010 levels. With the diminishing of conventional sources of finance, Islamic compliance finance and investment offer attractive...