Présentation de l'éditeur
The best resource available for creating and evaluating development leadership, planning, and design alternatives Fully revised and updated, this essential reference enables you to compare development capacity options and costs for vacant and previously developed land in less time than it now takes to draw one option. Land Development Calculations, Second Edition, introduces the language of city design with 40 forecast models that predict the choices available to shelter human activity within limits. This expanded ability to compare options in a shorter time frame will lead to more informed leadership and investment. This definitive volume offers: 40 interactive forecast models on a CD-ROM that predict residential, nonresidential, and hybrid development alternatives from values entered in their design specification templates Case studies and context records, with photographs and plans, illustrating the application of development capacity evaluation to real-world issues Precise methods of expressing development options and strategies Accurate processes for defining strategic development decisions Consistent ability to convert decisions into prescriptions that achieve intended results A classification system for the built environment.
Book Description
"It is the kind of simplified tool that many of us in practice sorely need" - Jamie Greene, AICP, AIA, Principal, American Communities Partnership
*The first computational tool for land development and site planning analysis and design
*Real-world case studies, with photographs and plans, illustrate how alternative development options would affect the project results
*Includes a CD-ROM containing 30 interactive spreadsheets that can be used for every type of land development scenario
