Download or read book Land Development Calculations: Interactive Tools and Techniques for Site Planning, Analysis, and Design written by Walter Martin Hosack and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-10-05 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully updated edition of the best resource for land development analysis, planning, and decision-making This authoritative guide enables readers to calculate the development capacity and construction costs of both vacant and developed land. The book offers a new focus sustainability, taking into consideration the surrounding environment and the preservation of open space. Land Development Calculations, Second Edition explains the information fields on the 41 interactive spreadsheets on the accompanying CD-ROM that forecast the development capacity of vacant land based on data entered in the design specification panel of one or more spreadsheets for three categories of shelter-residential, non-residential, and mixed use. The book includes new and updated chapters covering the additional information that can be forecast for the various categories of shelter.