Real estate, land and construction economics; regional economics; real estate investment and finance; law and the real estate industry ; resource and facilities management, land administration, project and general management in construction; safety management in construction; information management in construction; transaction cost economic analysis of the land; planning, development, and construction economics and management; institutional and cultural analysis of planning, development, and construction; building performance; health, safety, and environmental assessment of buildings, districts, and regions; externalities and innovations in planning and development; planning by contract; planning and development policies, procedures and law in terms of neo-institutional economics; feminism in planning, development and construction; professional ethics of planning, development, and construction; banking law and the real estate market; structur al analysis of real estate and construction industries in the People's Republic of China and Southeast Asia; cultural studies in real estate and construction ; positive and normative inquiries into development issues of globalization and sustainable development .