püstitamisel. Alati pole võimalik otseselt hinnata kõiki kinnisvaraturuga seostuvaid tegureid ja nende tegurite kausaalseid seoseid, kuid kinnisvaraturu dünaamikas on täheldatud teatud seaduspärasuste avaldumist, mille põhjal on võimalik kinnisvaraturu liikumist hinnata. Kinnisvaratsükli moodustavad ajas korduvad perioodilised hinnakõikumised ning tsükli kestvuseks on ajavahemik, mille jooksul kinnisvaraturg läbib tõusu- ja langusfaasi (Wheaton 1999: 218). Kinnisvaratsüklid kujunevad majanduslike, demograafiliste ja/või poliitiliste muudatuste tagajärjel (Chandrasekar, Sanghvi 1999: 1). Kinnisvaratsüklit mõõdetakse ajalise kestvuse ja amplituudi ehk ulatuse järgi. Tsükli faasid sisaldavad endas trende (nähtuse kvantitatiivse tunnuse pikaajalise muutumise põhisuund) ning selleks, et kinnisvaraturu tsüklitega oma tegevuses arvestada, on tarvis hinnata trendi karakteristikuid nagu suund ja ulatus.
then extolled as a break from the past and the constraints of its collective structures. As lifestyle was imbued in this period with a ‘controlled hedonism’ (ibid) focused on styling life 3 around playful leisure consumption rather than work, it comes as no surprise that the cognate field of leisure has sustained interest in the concept of lifestyle (see Stebbins, 1997; Veal, 2001; Wheaton, 2004). Past attempts at tightly defining lifestyle, however, often divorce the concept from its politicised history and instead concentrate solely on patterns of tangible behaviour (Stebbins, 1997). For instance, Sobel (1981, p. 3) defines lifestyle as ‘any distinctive, and therefore recognisable, mode of living’. In contrast, Stebbins (1997, p. 350) observes that in addition to an emphasis on shared patterns of behaviour, lifestyles encompass
first publishing professional to recognize the project's potential. Jim Sherman, Al Goethals, John Keating, Dan Wagner, Dalmas Taylor, Wendy Wood, and David Wat- son provided early, positive reviews that encouraged author and editors alike. My editors at Allyn and Bacon, Michelle Limoges and Liz Napolitano, were consistently congenial, helpful, and insightful. I would like to thank the following users of the book for their feedback during a telephone survey: Emory Griffin, Wheaton Col- lege; Robert Levine, California State, Fresno; Jeffrey Lewin, Georgia State Univer- sity; David Miller, Daytona Beach Community College; Lois Mohr, Georgia State University; and Richard Rogers, Daytona Beach Community College. The past edi- tions benefited substantially from the reviews of Assaad Azzi, Yale University; Robert M. Brady, University of Arkansas; Brian M. Cohen, University of Texas at San Antonio; Christian B. Crandall, University of Florida; Catherine Goodwin, Uni-
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