A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (959 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0470053291 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Find information on legal issues related to urban form, legal mechanisms and ways to incorporate good urban design into local land regulation, overcoming impediments to sound urban design practice, and state and Federal issues related to the legal issues of urban design and planning.. Written by pioneering attorneys in the emerging fields of urbanism and green building, A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects offers you practical solutions for legal issues you may face in planning, zoning, developing, and operating such communities
Jim H said This book will save you from big problems. Benjamin Franklin said, "Experience is the best teacher, and a fool knows no other." This book shows how to avoid the hundreds of mistakes (of design, contract and organization) frequently made by developers of urbanist communities, i.e., walkable, real estate developments and communities that follow pre-19This book will save you from big problems Jim H Benjamin Franklin said, "Experience is the best teacher, and a fool knows no other." This book shows how to avoid the hundreds of mistakes (of design, contract and organization) frequently made by developers of urbanist communities, i.e., walkable, real estate developments and communities that follow pre-1940 design principles. Read this book to build a better project, avoid exasperation and litigation, and to improve sle. 0 design principles. Read this book to build a better project, avoid exasperation and litigation, and to improve sle. At last, a practical handbook on urbanism This work by Doris Goldstein and Dan Slone fills a large gap in the subject of law and New Urbanism, a gap particularly daunting for the non-legal mind. It is filled with practical advice, timely warnings, and digestible facts. A particularly useful document when in the hands of the non-lawyers among us.
This book is so informative that new urbanists will soon be asking themselves how they ever got along without it." (New Urban News, September 2008). Each chapter stands on its own, and there are case studies and dozens of sidebars, so you can read the book from start to finish or you can jump in and out. "In short, this book is an excellent resource and one that should be read and used as a reference for project design and implementation." (Lawoftheland, 10/11/08) "…is a primer for practicing architects, urban designers, and urban planners on legal and contractual issues that accompany the emerging field of sustainable urban design." (Green InSight Newsletter, Oct 2008)"Immensely practical, this guidebook is loaded with techniques that can enable New Urbani
Daniel K. Slone is the national counsel for both the U.S. In addition to her ongoing involvement with Seaside, Ms. Other contributors include experienced attorneys and planners with special insight into planning and zoning practice.. Goldstein is an attorney whose practice focuses on new urbanist communities, beginning with Seaside, Florida, in the 1980s. As a consultant and legal counsel, he represents developers, green business