(BQ) Part 1 book "Construction economics - A new approach" has contents: Economic systems for resource allocation, the market mechanism, the theory of demand, the theory of supply, the theory of supply, costs of the construction firm, types of market structure in the construction industry. | Construction Economics Construction Economics provides students with the principles and concepts underlying the relationship between economic theory and the construction industry. The new approach adopts an argument that economics is central to government initiatives concerning sustainable construction. This edition has been expanded to include the latest debates regarding the private finance initiative, value management, off-site manufacture and sustainable construction. With revised data, new examples, key readings, and updated glossary and references, the second edition of this established core text builds on the strengths of the previous edition: • a clear and user-friendly style • use of a second colour to highlight important definitions and formulae • regular summaries of key points • a glossary of key terms • extensive use of tables and figures • extracts from the academic journal Construction Management and Economics to consolidate and prompt discussion • reviews of useful websites. This invaluable textbook is essential reading across a wide range of disciplines from construction management and civil engineering to architecture, property and surveying. Danny Myers is a lecturer and researcher based in the School of the Built and Natural Environment at the University of the West of England, UK, and visiting lecturer at the University of Bath, UK. Construction Economics A new approach Second Edition Danny Myers First edition published 2004 by Spon Press Second edition published 2008 by Taylor & Francis 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Taylor & Francis 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA Taylor & Francis is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2004, 2008 Danny Myers This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2009. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks
