US-23/I-26 Corridor Study, Buncombe and Madison Counties
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Page : 342 pages
File Size : 29,12 MB
Release : 1994
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Page : 342 pages
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Release : 1994
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Author : Greiner, Inc
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Page : pages
File Size : 47,78 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Environmental impact statements
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Page : 636 pages
File Size : 45,57 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Environmental impact statements
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Author : Menasco-McGuinn Associates
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Land use
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Page : 932 pages
File Size : 50,83 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Government publications
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Page : 934 pages
File Size : 44,72 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Government publications
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Author : Catherine W. Bishir
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Page : 506 pages
File Size : 24,14 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
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Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina
Author : Wilma Dykeman
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Page : 371 pages
File Size : 42,75 MB
Release : 1965
Category : French Broad River Valley
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Author : Randall G. Arendt
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,83 MB
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 159726850X
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.
Author : Karen Firehock
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Page : 132 pages
File Size : 32,98 MB
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Land use
ISBN : 9780989310307
This is the New York State edition of the GIC's guide to evaluating and conserving green infrastructure (GI) across the landscape. It provides an historical background to GI, as well as practical steps for creating GI maps and plans for a community. It discusses issues around evaluating green assets, public involvement in the mapping process, and the practical steps in bringing together GIS information into a useful format. It draws from twelve field tests GIC has conducted over the past six years in a diversity of ecological and political conditions, at multiple scales, and in varied development patterns – from wildlands and rural areas to suburbs, cities and towns. This guide is intended to help people make land management decisions which recognize the interdependence of healthy people, strong economies and a vibrant, intact and biologically diverse landscape. Green infrastructure consists of our environmental assets – which GIC also calls ‘natural assets’ – and they should be included in planning processes. Planning to conserve or restore green infrastructure ensures that communities can be vibrant, healthful and resilient. Having clean air and water, as well as nature-based recreation, attractive views and abundant local food, depends upon considering our environmental assets as part of everyday planning. Available from GIC at www.gicinc.org.