Preface |
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What does sustainable site planning entail? |
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3 | (5) |
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Why site planning is multi-disciplinary |
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9 | (4) |
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The site planning process summarized |
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13 | (4) |
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17 | (1) |
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2 Environmental planning related to site planning |
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18 | (15) |
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18 | (6) |
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The evolution of site planning |
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24 | (5) |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (2) |
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Part Two The Site Inventory |
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33 | (108) |
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3 An introduction to making a site inventory |
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35 | (5) |
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Solving local land-use problems |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (2) |
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Carrying out the project work |
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38 | (2) |
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4 The physical environment |
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40 | (52) |
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Geology, geomorphology and site planning |
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40 | (1) |
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Geological problems and the development of a site |
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41 | (10) |
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Geomorphological factors and the development of a site: some indicators |
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51 | (6) |
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Surface water and site planning |
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57 | (2) |
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Surface water and the development of a site |
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59 | (5) |
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64 | (2) |
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Local climate and the sustainable development of a site |
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66 | (24) |
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Carrying out the project work |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (2) |
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5 The natural environment |
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92 | (28) |
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The natural environment and site planning |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (1) |
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Soils: their influence on site planning |
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95 | (9) |
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Vegetation and site planning |
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104 | (5) |
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Plants: their influence on site planning |
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109 | (8) |
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Ecological value and site planning |
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117 | (1) |
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Carrying out the project work |
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118 | (1) |
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118 | (2) |
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6 Aspects of the social environment: land use, land management and landscape |
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120 | (21) |
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The built environment land uses |
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121 | (4) |
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Rural or urban fringe land uses |
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125 | (2) |
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The people living in and around the project area |
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127 | (2) |
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Past land use and historic features |
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129 | (2) |
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Land ownership and planning controls |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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Landscape types and their maintenance and management |
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134 | (4) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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Carrying out the project work |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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Part Three Spaces For People |
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141 | (72) |
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7 Environmental settings and the quality of life |
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143 | (33) |
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143 | (4) |
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How people experience environments |
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147 | (10) |
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Site planning and human environmental preference |
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157 | (3) |
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160 | (4) |
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Nature and `green' in life and in cities |
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164 | (10) |
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174 | (2) |
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176 | (37) |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (3) |
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181 | (8) |
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189 | (12) |
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The main characteristics of a place |
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201 | (3) |
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Preparing briefs for environmental settings |
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204 | (6) |
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Carrying out the project work |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (3) |
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213 | (44) |
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9 Exploring site potential |
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215 | (15) |
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Assessing the site's potential |
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216 | (13) |
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Carrying out the project work |
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229 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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10 Production of the site plan |
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230 | (16) |
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The financial aspects of site planning |
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231 | (2) |
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The stages of preparing a site plan |
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233 | (11) |
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Carrying out the project work |
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244 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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11 Case study of Fort Park |
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246 | (11) |
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246 | (1) |
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246 | (11) |
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Part Five Sustainable Urban Environmental Planning |
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257 | (87) |
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An illustration of the community environmental planning process |
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259 | (1) |
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The vital role of local people in planning and implementing a more sustainable future |
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260 | (1) |
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The Stocksbridge Case Study |
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261 | (3) |
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12 The Environmental Inventory, and assessing the implications of the findings for sustainable local communities |
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264 | (24) |
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The physical environment: abiotic data collection |
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264 | (11) |
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The natural environment: biotic data collection |
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275 | (6) |
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The social, cultural and economic inventory: people, land use and landscape |
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281 | (7) |
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13 A Community Environmental Plan -- interpreting the data to develop an approach to Local Agenda 21 |
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288 | (15) |
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Content of a Community Environmental Plan |
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288 | (1) |
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Identifying local problems in relation to environmental sustainability |
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288 | (10) |
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Local policies and their implementation |
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298 | (5) |
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14 Neighbourhood environmental sustainability `actions' -- implementing Local Agenda 21 |
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303 | (6) |
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Opportunities to involve a local community |
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304 | (2) |
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Increasing tree cover through local `actions' |
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306 | (1) |
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Community preference and involvement |
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307 | (1) |
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An illustration of site planning processes for an urban site |
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308 | (1) |
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15 Techniques for gathering and presenting site and user data |
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309 | (19) |
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The site planning project area |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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The client's brief and its evaluation by the team |
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310 | (1) |
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Site and user information |
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311 | (17) |
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16 Techniques for evaluating site potential |
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328 | (6) |
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328 | (1) |
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Analytical and creative techniques |
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329 | (4) |
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Site potential -- integration |
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333 | (1) |
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334 | (10) |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (5) |
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Uses of the site plan for future planning and design |
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340 | (3) |
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343 | (1) |
Appendix A Local Agenda 21 and sustainable urban environments |
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344 | (4) |
Index |
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