Author: Susan C. EngerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Designating Your Community's Open Space
Author: Susan C. EngerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Urban Open Space
Author: Mark FrancisPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 9781597263030
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Community Open Spaces
Author: Mark FrancisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Conservation Design for Subdivisions
Author: Randall G. ArendtPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 159726850X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
In most communities, land use regulations are based on a limited model that allows for only one end result: the production of more and more suburbia, composed of endless subdivisions and shopping centers, that ultimately covers every bit of countryside with "improvements." Fortunately, sensible alternatives to this approach do exist, and methods of developing land while at the same time conserving natural areas are available. In Conservation Design for Subdivisions, Randall G. Arendt explores better ways of designing new residential developments than we have typically seen in our communities. He presents a practical handbook for residential developers, site designers, local officials, and landowners that explains how to implement new ideas about land-use planning and environmental protection. Abundantly illustrated with site plans (many of them in color), floor plans, photographs, and renditions of houses and landscapes, it describes a series of simple and straightforward techniques that allows for land-conserving development. The author proposes a step-by-step approach to conserving natural areas by rearranging density on each development parcel as it is being planned so that only half (or less) of the buildable land is turned into houselots and streets. Homes are built in a less land-consumptive manner that allows the balance of property to be permanently protected and added to an interconnected network of green spaces and green corridors. Included in the volume are model zoning and subdivision ordinance provisions that can help citizens and local officials implement these innovative design ideas.
Open Space Planning
Author: Maine. Bureau of Parks and Recreation. Grants and Community Recreation DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
Designing Your Community's Open Space
Author: Susan C. EngerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Open spaces
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Planning for Parks, Recreation, and Open Space in Your Community
Author: Susan C. EngerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
The Growth Management Act (GMA) charts a new course for Washington communities that has tremendous implications for parks, recreation, and open space planning. The GMA promotes wise use of limited land and resources which helps in sprawling, low-density land use that represents a threat to open space in this state.
The Concepts of Successful Open Space Design in Community Planning
Author: Forrest E. GibsonOpen Space and Environmental Quality
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public WorksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Community Planning
Author: Stephanie B. KellyPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742535206
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Community Planning is an introductory, interdisciplinary, planning textbook. This 'working' text uses an integrated text and lab manual approach, where theoretical concepts are integrated with practical applications and case studies.