Property Management: Volume 41 Issue 4

The role of the state in encouraging the supply of senior housing: a looming welfare crisis?

Andrew Fyfe, Norman Hutchison, Graham Squires

Adopting a welfare stance, this paper considers whether the neoliberalist approach which has been adopted by successive UK and Scottish governments will achieve optimal societal…

Drivers of gated community developments in Ghana: perspective of developers

Gideon Kwame Otchere, Kwabena Mintah, Judith Callanan

Gated communities continue to spread in popularity across cities around the world. Ghana has seen considerable growth in the development of gated communities over the last few…

Value activation to increase consumers' intention to purchase green apartments

Hung Vu Nguyen, Long Thanh Do, Cuong Van Hoang, Phuong Thi Tung Nguyen

This study examines the motivational forces of self-transcendence and self-enhancement values in consumers' green apartment purchase intention since the values have been seen as…

Assessment of facilities management sourcing approaches in hotels in Ghana: a study of selected hotels in Wa

Tahiru Alhassan, Joseph Kwaku Kidido, Oliver Tannor

The study aims to assess the sourcing approaches used in providing facilities management (FM) services in hotels. It further explores the factors that influence hotels' choice of…

Aged care accommodation pricing options and the profitability of aged care facilities

Adam Fahey, Hassan F. Gholipour, Sharon Yam, Muhammad Najib Razali

This study investigates the relationship between aged care accommodation pricing options (refundable accommodation deposits (RADs), daily accommodation payment (DAPs) and…

Investment in water, sewage and waste disposal in Norwegian local governments

Arnt O. Hopland, Marianne Haraldsvik, Sturla Kvamsdal

Describe the trends in investments in the water, sewage and waste disposal sector (WSD) in Norwegian local governments and search for determinants that can explain variations in…

A preliminary post-occupancy evaluation of the built-environment in office buildings: a case study from Saudi Arabia

Mohammad A. Hassanain, Mohammed S. Mahroos

Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) of office buildings, accommodating large number of users, is significantly demanded, to ascertain the provision and upkeep of users' requirements…

Affordability of low-cost land allocation: a perspective of non-economic criteria

Samson Efuwape Agbato, Tajudeen Bioye Aluko, Timothy Tunde Oladokun, Ayodele Samuel Adegoke

Beyond the economic determinants, non-economic criteria of land affordability are also of great importance. From the context of emerging economies, this study investigated the…