An easement is a specific section of land for which a governing entity or a utility company has the right to be allowed access to…
A stormwater basin (sometimes referred to as a detention basin or a detention pond) is a man-made area of graded earth that is designed to…
Karst topography refers to land that is prone to sinkholes which are empty pockets that form underground due to the presence of certain types of…
A zoning ordinance is a set of regulations established by a municipality that determines what people are allowed to do within their property. With regard…
Impervious area is considered to be ground cover that allows little to no rainwater that falls upon the surface of this cover after a rainfall…
Infiltration rate is the speed at which rainwater is able to be absorbed into and travel vertically through the ground and toward the groundwater level.…
A construction cost estimate in land development is an itemized breakdown of the costs of the site work for a proposed project. Besides being able…
A traffic engineer is the person who is involved in the design and analysis of traffic systems. This person designs new traffic light signalizations and…
Hydraulic analysis refers to the determination of what happens to a water surface elevation within a waterway during certain storm events. These storm events could…
Hydrology is a term used to refer to the drainage characteristics of a particular watershed basin or drainage area. These characteristics include the kind of…