Times are running fast, and with them the issues to which the Appraisal and the Economic Valuation are applied. Several reasons related to the current economic crisis, the high cyclical nature of the real estate market, the scarce availability of financial resources, the complexity of the decision-making contexts, require, both in the public and in the private fields, the widespread use of the Appraisal and the Economic Valuation. Appraisal and Economic Valuation, as a scientific discipline, concerns the methodological and operational principles for properties values and costs assessment, investments’ feasibility analysis, decision support tools definition, public and private real estate assets’ enhancement, forecast of the effects generated by the territorial initiatives on society and natural resources through monetary and qualitative approaches. Due to their cross-sectoral nature, the Appraisal and the Economic Valuation is able to interact with the other disciplines at different scales, to integrate the economic, legal, social, cultural and environmental skills, as well as to play as one of the leading sectors in the training, research and professional practice of Architects and Engineers. The Italian Society of Appraisal and Valuation (SIEV), a scientific organization that gathers professors, scholars and professional technicians working in the appraisal field, supports and spreads the culture of the Appraisal and Valuation through conferences, training and research activities, scientific publications, collaborations with public and private stakeholders (www.siev.org). In the outlined framework, this book features a selection of the best papers presented at two SIEV Conferences, held in Milan (2017) and in Bari (2018), concerning appraisal issues from different geographic and socio-economic contexts. The volume, divided into three main Sections, collects the reflections of the scholars on the transversal and trait d’union role of the Appraisal and the Economic Valuation with the other disciplinary fields, explaining and deepening the main theoretical and practical issues that arise in relation with the following areas: (1) Territory and Urban Planning; (2) Real Estate Assets and Construction Building Process; (3) Real Estate Finance and Property Management. Given the dual nature of the Appraisal and the Economic Valuation, characterized by a robust methodological structure and at the same time a practical attitude, the papers present a theoretical session, with the proposal of a methodological framework, and its application to a case study. The book aims at being an opportunity for further insights and discussions among the real-world decision makers, stakeholders and scholars, in order to stimulate ideas and reflections on which the debate, the future research and the consequent applications can be addressed.
