Real estate development and investment –sustainable development

What are the incentives for property investors and developers to address sustainability and, in your opinion, which interventions are likely to be the most effective?

Basic readings：

1.Lorenz, D. and Lutzkendorf, T. (2011) Capturing sustainability-related information for property valuation, Building Research & Information, 39(3), 256-273.
2.P Kimmet, 2009, Comparing “Socially responsible” and “sustainable” commercial property investment, Journal of Property Investment & Finance, Vol. 27 (5), pp. 470-480. 2
3.Barthorpe, S. 2010, Implementing corporate social responsibility in the UK construction industry’. Property Management, 28(1), pp.4-17.
4. Mcallister, P. (2013) “Handle with care: how useful is the research on green building prices?, in I and A Ruby and N. Janson (eds.) The Economy of Sustainable Construction Berlin: Ruby Press, pp 338-347.

More broader reading and research are required and the structure should be the same with below:

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Title page

Table of Content

Introduction

Body

1. Answer what are the incentives ….
2. Which are the most effective….(should be justified by examples or literature research)

Conclusion ( conclusions and recommendations or predictions) .

References list
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Total word count is 2500 and excludes references.