Browse Fact Sheets by development phase: Planning
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Density
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- Fact Sheet
- posted 06 Aug 2008
Density is a key variable in urban design and planning. Different residential densities generate different urban forms, characteristics, housing types and ecological footprints. There are a number of ways to measure density – although, not all are useful for making meaningful comparisons between different developments. This factsheet highlights the density measures that are most useful to policy makers, planners, designers and others involved in the development process.
- Categorised under:
- Feasability, Planning, Design,
- Greenfield Development,
- Estate Design,
- High Density, Medium Density, Low Density,
- Developer, Local Government,
Tools and rating systems for land developers
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- posted 31 Jul 2008
This factsheet showcases some of the existing tools that are available to guide land developers in achieving more sustainable subdivision or precinct-scale development. It is likely that we will see more emphasis on tools and rating systems for this scale of development in Australia in the near future.
Flexible Design for Deconstruction and Reuse
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- posted 23 Jul 2008
Flexible Design for Deconstruction and Reuse is about reducing environmental impacts by lengthening the life cycle of the building and the materials and products used in the building. In this way there are two aspects, a flexible design of the building itself; allowing for changing use over time, and secondly a design that enables optimal resource recovery at the end of life.
- Categorised under:
- Feasability, Planning, Design,
- Materials and Recycling,
Mix of Transport Modes for Different Tasks
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- posted 23 Jul 2008
Travel patterns in cities are complex, varying with space, time and travel purpose. But all travel uses energy, utilises space and time (often in short supply in cities) and creates environmental and other externalities such as pollution, noise, accidents and congestion.
- Categorised under:
- Feasability, Planning, Design,
- Access and Transport,
- State Government, Local Government,
Indigenous Flora and Fauna
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- posted 17 Jul 2008
Indigenous flora and fauna needs to be considered/managed as a primary development planning stage, at the beginning of conceptualisation of a development project.
- Categorised under:
- Feasability, Planning, Design,
- Greenfield Development,
- Site Ecology,
- Low Density,
- Developer,
Biodiversity in urban developments
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- Fact Sheet
- posted 15 Jul 2008
Urban biodiversity exists in parks, street plantings, private gardens, vacant lots and along waterways. With development, urban environments can change quickly and dramatically because they are designed, constructed, managed and controlled by humans. It is important to understand the impacts and interactions of humans, the built form, and residual and emergent biodiversity.
- Categorised under:
- Planning,
- Greenfield Development,
- Site Ecology, Estate Design, Water Management, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation,
- Developer,
Soil Management
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- posted 15 Jul 2008
Soil and its management is a fundamental part of any development project. Soil type, structure, and chemistry all need to be given due consideration – at the design stage, during development works, and following completion, in order to ensure that environmental values are not compromised, that contaminated or particularly reactive soils are not disturbed in such a way as to harm the environment, and that development features including landscaping, buildings, dwellings and structures are not compromised by changes to soil characteristics, such as moisture content, or soil chemistry.
- Categorised under:
- Feasability, Planning,
- Site Ecology, Estate Design,
Sense of place and community ownership
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- posted 11 Jul 2008
This fact sheet examines the issues of sense of place using a case study of various aspects of the Ellenbrook development in Western Australia. This development has won several prestigious awards for its design and community engagement processes and serves as a role model for greenfield development projects in Australia.
- Categorised under:
- Feasability, Planning, Design, Lot Creation,
- Greenfield Development,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design,
- Developer,
Cohousing
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- posted 10 Jul 2008
Cohousing is a major strategic category of the movement back to community known as ‘Intentional Community’. Both the community and the intention are critical to understanding and implementing such projects.
- Categorised under:
- Feasability, Planning, Design,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design,
- Developer, State Government, Designer,
Whole of life costing
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- posted 10 Jul 2008
Principally, WLC can be characterised as a systematic approach balancing capital with revenue costs to achieve an optimum solution over a construction’s whole life. Costs include internal resources, they also include risk allowances as required; flexibility (predicted alterations for known change in business requirements, for example), repair costs and the costs relating to sustainability and health and safety aspects.
- Categorised under:
- Feasability, Planning,
- Site Ecology, Materials and Recycling, Sustainablity Management,
- Developer, Designer,
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