Ph.D. (QUT) M A. Sci. (University South Australia) Post Grad. Dip. (University of South Australia) Dip. Quantity Surveying (Institute of Quantity Surveyors UK) Fellow Australian Institute of Building Professor George Earl has had approximately ten years experience as a construction economist, specialising in construction economics value management,development feasibility studies and tax depreciation. He also has extensive experience as a property development manager and economist developing project and asset managing commercial office developments, retail centres, tourist resorts and medium to high-density housing. During Dr Earl’s fourteen years as a university academic he has predominately taught at postgraduate level in the areas of project management and property economics with a strong emphasis on project management, strategic asset management and the development processes and investment. Research (including his PhD) and research degree supervision has been in the area of strategic asset management, housing and finance.
Articles
High-rise living in Singapore public housing. (with Belinda Yuen and Anthony Yeh), Urban studies (2006)
In recent years, amid the debates of sustainable development and urban compactness, there has been...
Books
Rental housing provision for lower-income older Australians (with Andrew Jones, Martin Bell, and Cheryl Tilse) (2007)
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During the next two decades, the Australian community faces a major challenge to...
Conference Papers
Partnerships for community building and governance in master planned communities: A study of Varsity Lakes at Gold Coast (with Bhishna Bajracharya and Shahed Khan), International Planning History Society (IPHS) 13th biennial conference: Public versus private planning: Themes, trends and tensions (2008)
The development and management of master planned communities (MPCs) involve achieving the twin goals of...
Retirement villages in Australia: Evolution, prospects, challenges, Tenth Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES) conference (2004)
This paper is about the evolution, prospects and challenges that face the retirement village industry...
Using research to shape policy on affordable rental housing for lower income older Australians (with Andrew Jones, Martin Bell, and Cheryl Tilse), Paper presented at the housing futures in an ageing Australia conference (2003)
Extract:
During the next two decades, Australian housing authorities and the Australian housing policy...
The valuation of self-funded retirement villages in Australia: Analysis, reliability and investment valuation methodology (with Peter Elliott and Richard Reed), Paper presented at the 8th annual Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES) conference (2002)
Changing demographics will see an increasing demand for self-funded sector retirement villages in Australia. As...