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Housing and Urban Development Indicators: A Good Idea Whose Time Has Returned
Author(s) -
Malpezzi Stephen,
Mayo Stephen K.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
real estate economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.064
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1540-6229
pISSN - 1080-8620
DOI - 10.1111/1540-6229.00705
Subject(s) - underwriting , context (archaeology) , real estate , economic growth , urban planning , residential real estate , regional science , political science , economics , finance , sociology , geography , engineering , civil engineering , archaeology
This special issue of Real Estate Economics is devoted to “Housing and Urban Development Indicators.” The issue has been underwritten by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as a U.S. Contribution to the United Nation's Habitat II Conference, held in Istanbul, Turkey in June 1996. This introduction first briefly explains the role of indicators in urban research. Current research on indicators is then described, including a major international research effort undertaken in over fifty countries with support from numerous academics and other researchers, the United Nations, the World Bank and a number of governments. Finally, the papers in this issue are introduced and placed in context.