TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith, Carl & others
TI  - Residential landscape sustainability : a checklist tool
SN  - 1405158735
U1  - 712.6 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Blackwell Pub. Ltd.
N1  - Acknowledgements   vii 1Putting residential development in a sustainable context  1 Introduction  1 Definitions of sustainable development and sustainable landscape  3 Sustainable development  3 Sustainable landscape  4 Sustainable development in English planning and development  8 The key role of housing in sustainable development  12 Current concepts and initiatives for delivering sustainable homes in England  17 What impact have these initiatives had on delivering sustainable residential communities?  22 References  25 2  Opportunities for improving the sustainable profile of new residential developments  29 Introduction  29 Conservation of resources and minimisation of pollution and waste  29 Energy consumption and microclimate control  29 Encouraging walking and cycling  33 Specification and detailed design of hard landscape materials  37 Specification and detailed design of soft landscape materials - vegetation  52 Water management   63 Enhancement of site ecological function and human well-being  73 Site ecological function  73 Providing for the health and well-being of residents  79 References  89 3Creating a residential landscape sustainability checklist 99 Introduction 99 A review of sustainable checklist tools for residential development  99 A detailed description of the template BRE EcoHomes method104 Adapting the EcoHomes method for landscape assessments 106 The Energy Category 106 The Transport Category 108 The Pollution Category 108 The Materials Category 110 The Water Category 112 The Ecology and Land Use Category 113 The Health and Well-Being Category 113 Adjusting the EcoHomes weighting factors 116 Setting compliance standards 116 Judging visual qualities 117 General limitations of the checklist assessment approach 118 References 119 4Case studies: applying the Residential Landscape Sustainability Checklist121 Introduction 121 Greenwich Millennium Village, London 122 Childwall, Liverpool 125 Evaluation of the case studies against the Residential Landscape Sustainability Checklist 126 The Energy Category 126 The Transport Category 127 The Pollution Category 128 The Materials Category 133 The Water Category 142 The Ecology and Land Use Category . 142 The Health and Well-Being Category 144 What factors encouraged and discouraged residential landscape sustainability? 150 Factors which contribute to delivering residential landscape sustainability 151 Factors which may undermine landscape sustainability 152 Conclusion 155 References 156 Appendix: Detailed Residential Landscape Sustainability Checklist 157 Index 193
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