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Spatial planning procedures and property prices: The role of expectations

By CostBenefit on Feb 13, 2011 | In General, Real Estate Construction Housing, Academic Study/Journal Article, Transportation, Preservation & Open Space, Regulatory Analysis, Hedonic Analysis, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to show if, and to what extent, spatial planning procedures affect residential property prices. To answer this question we used data on residential property prices from an area in the Netherlands called Midden-De… more »

Snow-melting road technology in the works

By CostBenefit on Feb 7, 2011 | In Energy, U.S., Transportation, Weather, Newspaper/Mag/TV/Media Story, Costs and Benefits

... Solar roads that melt snow and ice seem less like a far-fetched pipe dream and more like an obvious investment. Engineers on opposite sides of the country are working to make that happen. Solar Roadways in Boise, Idaho, received a contract fro… more »

Green Noise or Green Value? Measuring the Effects of Environmental Certification on Office Values

By CostBenefit on Feb 6, 2011 | In General, Water, Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Green Buildings, U.S., Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Real Estate Construction Housing, Academic Study/Journal Article, Costs and Benefits

Abstract: This study investigates the price effects of environmental certification on commercial real estate assets. It is argued that there are likely to be three main drivers of price differences between certified and noncertified buildings. These are… more »

Predicting the economic costs and property value losses attributed to sudden oak death damage in California (2010–2020)

By CostBenefit on Feb 6, 2011 | In General, Land, Real Estate Construction Housing, Academic Study/Journal Article, Preservation & Open Space, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, California, Hedonic Analysis, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits, Invasive Species

Abstract: Phytophthora ramorum, cause of sudden oak death, is a quarantined, non-native, invasive forest pathogen resulting in substantial mortality in coastal live oak (Quercus agrifolia) and several other related tree species on the Pacific Coast of t… more »
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