Pencil out - estimate in approximate figures whether a proposed investment is expected to be
profitable.
ROI - Return on investment
Pro forma - Financial forecast based on hypothetical anticipated profits and losses, excluding unusual
and non-regular transactions.
A feasibility study includes: - a) how much of the site can be developed (for example, physical and
regulatory constraints limit the developable area, to some extent, on most sites); b) what regulatory
permits and approvals are needed to develop the site; and c) estimates of the time and political
obstacles or incentives that can be expected.
Due diligence - reasonable steps taken by a person in order to satisfy a legal requirement, especially in
buying or selling something. (to ensure that all potential risks and costs have been
anticipated before acquiring the property.)
Externality - a side effect or consequence of an industrial or commercial activity that affects other
parties without this being reflected in the cost of the goods or services involved, such as the pollination
of surrounding crops by bees kept for honey.
Exaction - Exactions are payments to either the local or county government to mitigate development
impacts. Must be paid before any lots can be sold.
Rationale - a set of reasons or a logical basis for a course of action or a particular belief.
Reconnaissance - 侦查 勘测
, Deciding which attributes to map and analyze, and which attributes to ignore, requires consideration of
at least four factors, as follows： - & Proposed site uses (for example, project program)
& Existing on-site and off-site conditions
& Requirements for permitting and approvals
& Costs of data collection and analysis
Choropleth map - a map that uses differences in shading, coloring, or the placing of symbols within
predefined areas to indicate the average values of a property or quantity in those areas.
Steep slopes: Prohibit construction - >25%;
Moderate to steep slopes: require special design or construction method - 8-15% or 15-25%
Eskers - a long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in glaciated and
formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America.
Kames - A kame is a geomorphological feature, an irregularly shaped hill or mound composed of sand,
gravel and till that accumulates in a depression on a retreating glacier, and is then deposited on the land
surface with further melting of the glacier
Depth to bedrock - When shallow, cost of excavation increases significantly
Capillary action - 毛细管作用
Topographic relief - topographic relief describes the amount of topographic change within a particular
area.
Lithology - the study of the general physical characteristics of rocks.
Stratigraphy - the branch of geology concerned with the order and relative position of strata and their
relationship to the geological time scale.
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