Residential Land Development Practices: A Textbook on Developing Land into Finished Lots - 2nd Edition

Completely updated and revised, this Second Edition introduces several new chapters and sections, including the basics of residential marketing (the buyer and sales absorption; location and competition; pricing and lot premiums; product selection and preplanning; model homes, brochures, and signs; and site features and subdivision design appeal); land planning concepts (land planning for marketability, high density development, cluster and small single family lots, other planning approaches, and regulatory partnership); residential design standards (residential subdivision design survey, right-of-way and pavement widths, cul-de-sacs, street design, yard and swale grading, water and sewer; and storm drainage and storm water management); 10 Rules for Success at the Planning Board Hearing; and more.

Additional topics include land development basics, financing, schedules, consultants, conceptual design planning, residential subdivision design, project approval strategy, permits, land development bid process, land development project management, land development operations, and land development as a business. Extensive reports and checklists provide useful day-to-day management tools. Residential Land Development Practices, Second Edition is an excellent primer for use by engineering schools and their students, and will provide real estate industry professionals with the practical tools to realize quick positive project results and the ability to implement these tools immediately on the job. 258 pp.