
Buildings for People
Responsible Real Estate Development and Planning
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Buildings for People
Responsible Real Estate Development and Planning
About this book
BUILDINGS FOR PEOPLE
Buildings for People: Responsible Real Estate Development and Planning explores how to balance social concerns with financial and investment considerations without sacrificing profit. This timely volume provides key technical and practical knowledge while exploring real estate development and planning through a multi-level lens—revealing the systemic factors that both govern and are governed by the real estate process.
Beginning with site selection, the authors discuss financing, site improvement, architecture, landscape architecture, site planning, construction, and evaluation within a broader political, economic, and social context. Throughout the text, the authors explain key theories and methods of professional practice, and highlight how important social issues are interconnected to the business of real estate development and planning.
Demonstrating how the desire for profit can be balanced with the needs of society Buildings for People: Responsible Real Estate Development and Planning is an excellent textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in real estate, urban planning, urban design, and urban studies courses, as well as a valuable resource for researchers and professionals who want a multidisciplinary understanding of the built environment.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Author Bio
- Acknowledgments
- 1 An Introduction
- 2 Maximizing Profit or Public Good
- 3 Just Another Class of Investment: Basic Financials
- 4 Pro Forma and Financial Analysis
- 5 Site Selection
- 6 Site Analysis and Planning
- 7 Architecture and Landscape Architecture
- 8 Urban Design and Planning
- 9 Construction
- 10 Conclusion
- Appendix
- Index
- End User License Agreement