| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 352 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part 1 Site Planning 1 -- What does sustainable site planning entail? 3 -- Why site planning is multi-disciplinary 8 -- Site planning team 9 -- Site planning process summarized 13 -- 2 Environmental planning related to site planning 18 -- Evolution of site planning 24 -- Identifying key issues 29 -- Part 2 Site Inventory 33 -- 3 An introduction to making a site inventory 35 -- Solving local land-use problems 35 -- Information gathering 36 -- Carrying out the project work 38 -- 4 Physical environment 40 -- Geology, geomorphology and site planning 40 -- Geological problems and the development of a site 41 -- Geomorphological factors and the development of a site: some indicators 51 -- Surface water and site planning 57 -- Surface water and the development of a site 59 -- Recording the topography 64 -- Local climate and the sustainable development of a site 66 -- Carrying out the project work 90 -- 5 Natural environment 92 -- Natural environment and site planning 92 -- Soils and plants 94 -- Soils: their influence on site planning 95 -- Vegetation and site planning 104 -- Plants: their influence on site planning 109 -- Ecological value and site planning 117 -- Carrying out the project work 118 -- 6 Aspects of the social environment: land use, land management and landscape 120 -- Built environment land uses 121 -- Rural or urban fringe land uses 125 -- People living in and around the project area 127 -- Past land use and historic features 129 -- Land ownership and planning controls 131 -- Landmarks 132 -- Landscape 133 -- Landscape types and their maintenance and management 134 -- Views 138 -- Site planning in essence 139 -- Carrying out the project work 140 -- Part 3 Spaces For People 141 -- 7 Environmental settings and the quality of life 143 -- Environmental settings 143 -- How people experience environments 147 -- Site planning and human environmental preference 157 -- Human adaptability 160 -- Nature and 'green' in life and in cities 164 -- 8 User requirements 176 -- Public participation 177 -- Drawing up a user brief 178 -- User satisfaction 181 -- Range of settings 189 -- Main characteristics of a place 201 -- Preparing briefs for environmental settings 204 -- Carrying out the project work 210 -- Part 4 Site Plan 213 -- 9 Exploring site potential 215 -- Assessing the site's potential 216 -- Carrying out the project work 229 -- 10 Production of the site plan 230 -- Financial aspects of site planning 231 -- Stages of preparing a site plan 233 -- Carrying out the project work 244 -- Planning for the future 244 -- 11 Case study of Fort Park 246 -- Part 5 Sustainable Urban Environmental Planning 257 -- An illustration of the community environmental planning process / Anne R. Beer 259 -- Vital role of local people in planning and implementing a more sustainable future 260 -- Stocksbridge Case Study 261 -- 12 Environmental Inventory, and assessing the implications of the findings for sustainable local communities 264 -- Physical environment: abiotic data collection 264 -- Natural environment: biotic data collection 275 -- Social, cultural and economic inventory: people, land use and landscape 281 -- 13 A Community Environmental Plan -- interpreting the data to develop an approach to Local Agenda 21 288 -- Content of a Community Environmental Plan 288 -- Identifying local problems in relation to environmental sustainability 289 -- Local policies and their implementation 298 -- 14 Neighbourhood environmental sustainability 'actions' -- implementing Local Agenda 21 303 -- Opportunities to involve a local community 304 -- Increasing tree cover through local 'actions' 306 -- Community preference and involvement 307 -- An illustration of site planning processes for an urban site / Catherine Higgins 308 -- 15 Techniques for gathering and presentingt site and user data 309 -- Site planning project area 309 -- Site planning team 310 -- Client's brief and its evaluation by the team 310 -- Site and user information 311 -- 16 Techniques for evaluating site potential 328 -- What is site potential? 328 -- Analytical and creative techniques 329 -- Site potential -- integration 333 -- 17 Creating a site plan 334 -- Strategies for the site 334 -- Developing the site plan 335 -- Uses of the site plan for future planning and design 340 |
| Summary |
Environmental planning forms the basis of all site development decisions and deals with the factors that must be considered before a site plan can be drawn up. Environmental Planning for Site Development emphasizes the man/nature interface and explains how nature limits and controls what can happen on every piece of land. The text is clearly set out and will help the reader understand exactly what information is needed for a site planning proposal. The book includes a live case study to demonstrate how GIS systems are now assisting in the design and decision process as communities increasingly participate in local decisions. (Local Agenda 21) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Building sites -- Planning.
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Building sites -- Environmental aspects
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ARCHITECTURE -- Methods & Materials.
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Building sites -- Environmental aspects
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Building sites -- Planning
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Bauland
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Umweltplanung
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Lokale planning.
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Chantiers de construction -- Planification.
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Chantiers de construction -- Aspect de l'environnement.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Higgins, Catherine
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| LC no. |
99016704 |
| ISBN |
0203639103 |
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9780203639108 |
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9786610144303 |
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6610144303 |
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1135920443 |
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9781135920449 |
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1135920451 |
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9781135920456 |
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1280144300 |
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9781280144301 |
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