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The 1992 Rio Summit and subsequent literature and debate has focused on 'green' issues such as biodiversity, climate change and marine pollution. Much less has been written concerning the 'brown' agenda: factors such as poor sanitation and water quality, air pollution and housing problems which are particularly prevalent in Third World cities. Sustainability, the Environment and Urbanisation provides a comprehensive overview of the brown agenda, with case studies and examples from a number of Southern countries. It looks at the broad economic context behind the problems and covers the conceptu

This text addresses the difficulties of balancing the imperatives of sustainability with the pressing challenges facing some of the world's most underdeveloped areas. Various perspectives are brought to bear on issues from economics and theories of health through to the foundations of sustainability. All the key contemporary developments are dealt with; the growth in international law and agreements on controlling greenhouse gases; the effect of reforms in finance, governance and methods of appraisal on the areas of waste management; and the theoretical advances in the community development as

Discusses the nature of the property cycle. Charts the course of
financial success and failure of Olympia and York. Discusses the
restructuring of over‐indebted property finance. Reviews the state of
investment appraisal in literature and in some spheres of practice.
Argues the cause and reason for widening reforms in property finance and
property investment appraisal. Stresses that the paper is applicable
only to developed countries, not developing countries or the
transforming socialist countries. Claims a primary significance for
those holding and owning commercial offices as an investment.