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Can Sustainability Enhance Business District Attractiveness? A Survey of Corporate Property Decisions in France

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  • Ingrid Nappi-Choulet
  • Aurelien Decamps

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This paper analyses the rising importance of sustainable principles in property decisions and its impact on attractiveness for business districts in France. A behavioural survey of a large sample of corporate property managers and a multiple correspondence analysis highlight key factors indicating the influence of sustainable principles alongside more traditional determinants of territorial attractiveness. This approach enables the drawing up of a typology of companies according to the influence of sustainability issues, showing the rise in importance placed on sustainability in location decisions made by listed companies, companies that own their head offices and companies located in the main business districts of the Paris metropolitan area.

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  • Ingrid Nappi-Choulet & Aurelien Decamps, 2013. "Can Sustainability Enhance Business District Attractiveness? A Survey of Corporate Property Decisions in France," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 50(16), pages 3283-3304, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:50:y:2013:i:16:p:3283-3304
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098013484535
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