Robert W. Burchell is professor II at Rutgers University and co-director at the Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University. An expert on fiscal impact analysis, land-use development and regulation, and housing policy, Burchell co-authored the Development Impact Assessment Handbook for the Urban Land Institute. His other publications include The Fiscal Impact Handbook, The Practitioner's Guide to Fiscal Impact Analysis, The Adaptive Reuse Handbook, and the Environmental Impact Handbook. David Listokin is professor and co-director of the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University. He is a leading authority on community and fiscal impact analysis, housing policy, land-use regulation, and historic preservation. In addition he has served as a principal investigator for numerous organizations, such as the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of State, and the Fannie Mae Foundation.
<p> Burchell and Listokin (professors and co-directors, Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers U.) have written a manual on how to identify the range of costs related to residential and nonresidential growth. The six fiscal impact methods are described in a step-by-step format along with recommendations for how the methods can be adapted to meet specific requirements. The six methods are the per capita multiplier method, the case study method, and service standard, proportional valuation, and employment anticipation methods. The book will interest planners, businesspeople, administrators, economists, assessors, and others involved in land development. <p> --Book News <p> It should become a standard text in planning schools ... <p> --API <p> . . . As for planning practice, this text should become the standard cost-revenue manual over the next five years. <p> --Book Review