Boisnier C.
Real estate companies. Between finance and sustainable cities
L'Harmattan, 2015, 228 p.
Finance is invading urban development in many ways: managing real estate transactions as financial products, outsourcing commercial real estate, etc. The sums involved in urban development are enormous, and must now take into account the imperatives of sustainable development: environmentally friendly buildings, combating urban sprawl and pollution. In this context of financialization and sustainable development, real estate companies, as leading urban players, are an interesting point of observation.