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Growing greener : putting conservation into local plans and ordinances

Title
Growing greener : putting conservation into local plans and ordinances / Randall Arendt ; with site plans and perspective sketches by Holly Harper, Stephen Kuter, and Diane Rosencrance.
Author
Arendt, Randall.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Natural Lands Trust.
  • American Planning Association.
  • American Society of Landscape Architects.
Description
xxv, 236 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 22 x 28 cm
Summary
  • "Growing Greener is an illustrated workbook that presents a new look at designing subdivisions while preserving green space and creating open space networks. The author offers a three-pronged strategy for shaping growth around a community's special natural and cultural features, demonstrating ways of establishing or modifying the municipal comprehensive plan, zoning ordinance, and subdivision ordinance to include a strong conservation focus.
  • It includes eleven case studies of actual conservation developments in nine states, and two exercises suitable for group participation."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • City planning > Environmental aspects > United States
  • Land subdivision > United States > Planning
  • Conservation of natural resources > United States
  • Land use > United States > Planning
Note
  • "Natural Lands Trust, American Planning Association, and American Society of Landscape Architects."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-225) and index.
Contents
Foreword: The Growing Greener Program -- Preface: Designing Land Development from a Bird's Perspective (Among Others) -- Introduction: How This Book Can Help You -- Ch. 1. Context -- Ch. 2. How Your Community Can Choose Its Own Future -- Ch. 3. Comprehensive Plan Update -- Ch. 4. Conservation Zoning Techniques -- Ch. 5. Conservation Subdivisions: Application Documents, Design Process, and Conservation Land Design Standards -- Ch. 6. Benefits of Conservation Planning and Design -- Ch. 7. Examples of Subdivisions with Substantial Conservation Areas -- Design Exercise 1: Community-Wide Map of Potential Conservation Lands -- Design Exercise 2: Laying Out a Conservation Subdivision -- App. 1. Frequently Asked Questions About Conservation Subdivision Design -- App. 2. Model Comprehensive Plan Language -- App. 3. Model Ordinance Language for Conservation Subdivisions.
ISBN
1559637420 (pbk.)
LCCN
99033885
OCLC
ocm41606255
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries