TY - BOOK AU - Havard, Timothy TI - Contemporary property development SN - 9781859462850 U1 - 333.7315 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - Riba Pub. KW - PL N1 - Introduction -- 1. The background to property development in the UK -- 2. Development inception -- 3. The finance and economics of development -- 4. Financial appraisal of development projects -- 5. Executing the development -- 6. Post completion -- 7. Risk appraisal and risk mitigation : a common-sense approach -- 8. Case studies N2 - Many of the controversial decisions in public life in the UK such as: the Millennium Dome, Wembley Stadium, and the London Olympic site are essentially property development decisions. This book takes a look at the background to property development in UK, discussing development routes, players in the market, and property and investment markets. ER -