Advanced Studies in Sustainable Real Estate Markets and Urban Planning

Dear Colleagues,

After a long period of crisis, the real estate market has gone through a lot of changes, which the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized. This Special Issue aims to discuss new developments for today’s real estate markets and urban property developments.

Sustainability is a celebrated topic in real estate markets and urban planning. The (post)pandemic and preceding global financial crisis will lead to new challenges in terms of finance, construction, demographics, and policy issues on one hand, and aspects such as the use of land, the environment, green policies, public welfare, energy performance, and other aspects related to sustainability on the other, from both the public and private sector perspectives.

Moreover, major demographic and lifestyle changes, such as the aging of population, increasing immigration, new workplaces and environment, etc., require innovation in real estate products and property developments in which new technologies and big data will play a special role. Smart cities, big data, and the circular economy will also affect the urban planning sector.

In this vein, financial sustainability and returns in the economic assessment of real estate investment, valuation of assets, plans, and public-private development also face new challenges, mostly related to the new paradigm of financial sustainability and feasibility.

Preceding Special Issues on real estate and urban property developments have covered a large number of topics related to urban public policies, ecological footprint, smart real estate investments, property valuation, energy performance certificates, land property, housing prices, public real estate, etc.

However, after the pandemic, some segments of real estate are expected to change more than others, such as logistic, innovative commercial and hospitality, and senior housing. In addition, traditional functions such as housing and commercial properties should be considered by examining and analyzing sustainable urban development, land planning, local communities, social and environmental criteria, population aging, social trading, real estate markets, sustainable investments, sustainable finance, price setting, smart cities, urban green policies, energy efficiency, and green housing, among others.

This Special Issue offers a new opportunity to discuss this and other related topics; thus, suitable topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Public real estate;
• Demographics, population aging, and societal changes which affect the real estate market and urban planning;
• smart cities;
• Urban public policies;
• Sustainable development and financial feasibility in real estate;
• Land planning, environmental, and social criteria;
• Green policies and ecological footprint in real estate and urban property developments;

• Circular economy applied to the real estate market and urban properties;
• Innovation in urban planning, supply, and demand.

References:

1. Barreca, A., Curto, R., & Rolando, D. (2018). Housing Vulnerability and Property Prices: Spatial Analyses in the Turin Real Estate Market. Sustainability, 10(9), 3068.
2. Bisello, A. (2020). Assessing Multiple Benefits of Housing Regeneration and Smart City Development: The European Project SINFONIA. Sustainability, 12(19), 8038.
3. Mangialardo, A., & Micelli, E. (2020). Reconstruction or Reuse? How Real Estate Values and Planning Choices Impact Urban Redevelopment. Sustainability, 12(10), 4060.
4. Nesticò, A., & La Marca, M. (2020). Urban Real Estate Values and Ecosystem Disservices: An Estimate Model Based on Regression Analysis. Sustainability, 12(16), 6304.
5. Pomè, A. P., Tagliaro, C., & Ciaramella, G. (2021). A Proposal for Measuring In-Use Buildings’ Impact through the Ecological Footprint Approach. Sustainability, 13(1), 355.
6. Ruggeri, A. G., Gabrielli, L., & Scarpa, M. (2020). Energy Retrofit in European Building Portfolios: A Review of Five Key Aspects. Sustainability, 12(18), 7465.
7. Sandoval-Félix, J., Castañón-Puga, M., & Gaxiola-Pacheco, C. G. (2021). Analyzing Urban Public Policies of the City of Ensenada in Mexico Using an Attractive Land Footprint Agent-Based Model. Sustainability, 13(2), 714.
8. Ullah, F., & Sepasgozar, S. M. (2020). Key factors influencing purchase or rent decisions in smart real estate investments: A system dynamics approach using online forum thread data. Sustainability, 12(11), 4382.

Dr. Roberto Cervelló-Royo
Guest Editor

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