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Properly planned and visualized, large-scale developments can be
successfully constructed, whether as master planned communities,
planned unit developments, or new towns. "Fundamentals of Land
Development" provides an in-depth approach to the design, planning,
and development of large land areas into comprehensively designed
communities.
This book provides in-depth discussions of the full range of
development tasks involved in any large development project, from
site and land use selection, market analysis, preparing the land
use plan and impact statements, to getting approval from the
municipality and community, permitting and approval, scheduling and
cost management, and the basics of engineering systems and
design.
Developers and other stake-holders will find guidance on such
issues as:
- How real-world development is driven by profits, and how team
members can maximize profits while developing creatively and
responsibly
- Site selection and acquisition
- Entering the growing business of retirement (active adult)
community development
Illustrated with real-world case studies drawn from the authors
own experience, "Fundamentals of Land Development" is a practical
manual for developers looking to improve the profitability of their
projects and gain a better understanding of what all team members
undertake in a project of this size and complexity.
- Introduces the operational amplifier early, and uses it as a basic element throughout the book.
- Provides numerous exercises and examples throughout.
- Written in a clear, precise style that has been highly praised throughout many editions.
This volume is a continuation of two prior books on advanced
electron microscope techniques. The purpose of this series has been
to provide in depth analyses of methods which are considered to be
at the leading edge of electron microscopic research procedures
with applications in the biological sciences. The mission of the
present volume remains that of a source book for the research
practitioner or advanced student, especially one already well
versed in basic electron optical methods. It is not meant to
provide in troductory material, nor can this modest volume hope to
cover the entire spectrum of advanced technology now available in
electron microscopy. In the past decade, computers have found their
way into many research laboratories thanks to the enormous increase
in computing power and stor age available at a modest cost. The
ultrastructural area has also benefited from this expansion in a
number of ways which will be illustrated in this volume. Half of
the contributions discuss technologies that either directly or
indirectly make extensive use of computer methods."
* Introduces the operational amplifier early, and uses it as a
basic element throughout the book.* Provides numerous exercises and
examples throughout.* Written in a clear, precise style that has
been highly praised throughout many editions.
Detroit, 1911. Seven months have passed since Will Anderson's
friend Wesley McRae was brutally murdered and Will and the woman he
loves, Elizabeth Hume, barely escaped with their lives. Will's
hand, horribly disfigured from the sulphuric acid he used to help
save them, causes him constant pain, forcing him into a morphine
addiction. He lives for nothing except revenge against the people
who contributed to Wesley's murder - first among them crime boss
Vito Adamo. When Will stumbles upon the bloody body of Adamo's
driver, he knows he will be a suspect, particularly since he was
spotted outside the dead man's apartment that same night. He sets
out to find the killer, and the trail leads him to a vast
conspiracy in an underworld populated by gangsters, union
organizers, crooked cops, and lawyers. Worse, it places him
directly in the middle of Detroit's first mob war. The Teamsters
want a piece of Will's father's car company, Detroit Electric, and
the Gianolla gang is there to be sure they get it. To save their
families, Will and his ex-fiancee Elizabeth Hume enlist the help of
Detroit Police Detective Riordan, the teenage members of what will
one day be known as the Purple Gang, and Vito Adamo himself. They
careen from one danger to the next, surviving shootouts,
kidnappings, and police brutality, while barrelling toward a
devastating climax readers will not soon forget.
Will Anderson is a drunk, heartbroken over the breakup with his
fiancee, Elizabeth. He's barely kept his job at his father's
company---Detroit Electric, 1910's leading electric automobile
manufacturer. Late one night, Elizabeth's new fiance and Will's
one-time friend, John Cooper, asks Will to meet him at the car
factory. He finds Cooper dead, crushed in a huge hydraulic roof
press. Surprised by the police, Will panics and runs, leaving
behind his cap and automobile, and buries his blood-spattered
clothing in a garbage can.
What follows is a fast-paced, detail-filled ride through
early-1900s Detroit, involving murder, blackmail, organized crime,
the development of a wonderful friendship, and the inside story on
early electric automobiles. Through it all, Will learns that
clearing himself of the crime he was framed for is only the
beginning. To survive, and for his loved ones to survive, he must
also become a man.
"The Detroit Electric Scheme" is populated with fascinating
characters, both real and fictional, from a then-flourishing
Detroit: The Dodge brothers and Edsel Ford come to life,
interacting with denizens of the sordid underbelly of the Motor
City, such as Vito Adamo, Detroit's first Mob boss, and Big Boy,
the bouncer at a saloon so notorious the newspapers called it "The
Bucket of Blood." This expertly plotted debut delivers with great
research, wonderfully flawed yet likable characters, and a
shattering climax.
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