This book draws on the authorrsquo;s considerable expertise in land development processes and planning; and planning education. It takes a learning-by-doing studio approach and shows how to undertake a development feasibility study in three main stages: the preliminary proposal; a design and finally; a full report with a financially appraised proposal.Understanding Land Development shows how to tackle a real life project where there are situations of uncertainty and where there may be multiple solutions to a problem. It demonstrates how to undertake research into a range of issues ndash; site conditions; market conditions; development finance; sustainability; land use planning and infrastructure ndash; and shows how to analyse this diverse information to generate a concrete development proposal. The book covers planning skills; including site analysis; financial analysis; spreadsheet preparation; design; plan interpretation; project planning and strategic thinking.By taking the approach presented here; the reader will learn to become a more effective planner by understanding how land development leads to built environment outcomes that may not be the idealised outcomes to which planners aspire.
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