Land Use in a Nutshell (Nutshells) 1st Edition

So I was hoping to use this nutshell so that I can1) get an overview of the field of land use law2) use it to understand general concepts on a deeper level3) use it to develop strategies to tackle my final.It1) gave me a good overview. It covered some of the property law concepts that I did not understand before and gave a brief overview of what are the central components of land use law.2) It helped me understand general concepts, but not much on a deeper level. After all, it's a nutshell. I guess I expected, however, for it to go a little more in depth because I felt like I got a very brief idea of what is going on in land use law after reading this book. But that's what I went to class for. I was hoping this book would help me tie in all the concepts together, but it didn't.3) It's very good in that it covers a lot of the housing/urban redevelopment portion of land use law. But I felt like it was not good in covering the portion of land use related to the environment. Not necessarily environmental law, but like tidelands, wetlands, public trust doctrine, etc. Unfortunately for me, my land use law class was primarily on the latter, not the former (with the former being the housing/urban redevelopment). So not very helpful for the final.

Great book for getting the gist of land use/control law. It supplemented a grad course for me in urban planning. The book is really excellent. An easy read. As someone who would definitely hate their life if I was in law school, or had to actually be a lawyer, this book was perfect because it gets you ring wise in the legal aspects of planning/development so that you can start thinking in those terms as you pursue further projects.

Very insightful read.

This is a really good book that gives a great basis of the topic. I would buy any book from this series.

Very comprehnsive land use book. Very easy to read. Does an excellent job in describing the case laws and the legal aspect of land use law. Highly recommended as reference book for planners and attorney.

Good info for the class

This book really helped on my land use planning final. Worth every penny and makes the more complex issues and ideas easy to understand (and easy to write an answer).

Required for a course, but dang if this short little book doesn't pack a whallop. Great read.