Browse Fact Sheets by topic: Estate Design
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Healthy Spaces and Places
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- posted 10 Jun 2009
The Healthy Spaces and Places project is a unique collaboration between the Australian Local Government Association, the National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Planning Institute of Australia with funding assistance from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Healthy Spaces and Places identifies key design principles and processes to assist in the design and development of places that support active living and establishes the relationship between the built environment and physical and mental health and wellbeing.
- Categorised under:
- Feasability, Planning, Design, Construction, Lot Creation, Completion,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design,
Design for Open Space
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- posted 16 Sep 2008
New residential estates need an integrated and connected open space network that meets the needs of residents and surrounding habitats and to provide a variety of recreational opportunities whilst addressing local catchment and stormwater management needs. Within an estate, open space provides opportunities to preserve and enhance natural elements of a site, facilitate social interactions and encourage a healthy lifestyle.
Walkable neighbourhoods
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- posted 25 Aug 2008
Walkable neighbourhoods have implications for sustainability because developments that are walkable reduce incentives to drive, conserve scarce resources, and lower environmental impacts.
Co-author: Leah Mason
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- Planning, Design,
- Greenfield Development,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design, Access and Transport,
- Developer, Designer,
Employer liaison transport initiatives
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- posted 19 Aug 2008
This Fact Sheet suggests to residential development participants how they can help deliver better environments for walking, cycling and using public transport by working with end user employers amongst others. Ideally new developments have viable access and transport options, so transport impacts are lessened throughout the life of developments.
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- Planning, Design,
- Estate Design, Access and Transport, Sustainablity Management,
- Developer,
Healthy places
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- posted 14 Aug 2008
Our environment affects our health in many ways. It can promote our health (e.g. by encouraging us to be active or to connect with other people), or it can damage our health (e.g. by exposing us to pollutants or to increased risks of motor vehicle injury).
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- Feasability, Planning, Design, Lot Creation, Completion,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design, Access and Transport,
- Developer,
Safety
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- posted 14 Aug 2008
This fact sheet outlines the principles and strategies that promote the creation of safer communities. The concept of Safer Design (also known as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design – CPTED) forms the basis of this fact sheet.
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- Design,
- Greenfield Development,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design,
- Developer,
Possible effects on buildings through climate change
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- posted 13 Aug 2008
Many buildings erected today will still be in use in 40 – 60 years. It is therefore important to consider the likely effect of climate changes expected over this period on the structure and functionality of buildings being built now.
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- Design, Construction,
- Estate Design, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation,
- Designer, Builder,
Density
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- 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.
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- 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.
Biodiversity in urban developments
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- 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.
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- Planning,
- Greenfield Development,
- Site Ecology, Estate Design, Water Management, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation,
- Developer,
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