LandChoices: Enhancing Subdivision Value by Randall Arendt

Land Choices: Changing Development in America

Enhancing Subdivision Value Through Conservation Design
Introduction
Features

The 4 Steps
Indentify Areas
Locate House Sites
Align Streets
Draw Lot Lines

Enhancing Subdivision Value
Through Conservation Design By Randall Arendt

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Step 1: Identifying Conservation Areas
The first step, which involves the identification of green space worthy of preservation is divided into two parts: Primary Conservation Areas (Fig. 2) comprising regulatory wetlands, floodplains and steep slopes; and Secondary Conservation Areas (Fig. 3) including those unprotected elements of the natural and cultural landscape that deserve to be spared from clearing, grading and advancement. Once both kinds of Conservation Areas have been "greenlined," automatically as the remaining land, as shown in Figure 4.

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