Browse Fact Sheets by development size: Large (1000-5000 lots)

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Infrastructure

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• Fact Sheet
• by Michael O'Brien
• posted 25 Jun 2008

Infrastructure is the systems that make urban places function. It is defined in the Penguin and Macquarie Dictionary of Economics & Finance as ‘the network of services in a society which are essential for its cohesion and for the efficient functioning of the economy…’


 

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• Feasability, Planning, Design, Construction,
• Greenfield Development, Greyfield Development, Brownfield Development,
• Estate Design, Access and Transport, Water Management, Energy Management,
• Large (1000-5000 lots), Very Large (>5000 lots),
• Developer, State Government, Local Government,

Water Recycling

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• Fact Sheet
• by Steve Cook
• posted 10 Jun 2008

Recycled water is an important resource for Australian residential developments. There is the need to identify alternative water sources to adapt to rising population driven demand and increasing unreliability of rainfall dependent freshwater supplies. Recycled water can form an important part of an Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) approach for greenfield developments, reducing demand on freshwater resources and also reducing discharge of wastewater to receiving environments. 

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• Greenfield Development,
• Water Management,
• Medium (100-1000 lots), Large (1000-5000 lots), Very Large (>5000 lots),
• High Density, Medium Density, Low Density,
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Siting

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• Fact Sheet
• by Your Development Administrator
• posted 09 May 2008

The decisions that are made during the initial site selection and the subsequent site design will have a significant impact on the development's overall sustainability. A range of issues need to be considered, including where to actually site the community, how to incorporate the existing natural features into the design, where to place roads, dwellings, parks and community facilities and how this will all fit within the context of the existing community and the overall objectives of the development.

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• Categorised under:
• Feasability, Planning, Design,
• Greenfield Development, Greyfield Development,
• Site Ecology, Estate Design, Access and Transport, Water Management, Energy Management,
• Small (<100 lots), Medium (100-1000 lots), Large (1000-5000 lots), Very Large (>5000 lots),
• Medium Density, Low Density,
• Developer, State Government, Local Government,