Browse Fact Sheets by development type: Greenfield Development
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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
- Categorised under:
- Planning, Design,
- Greenfield Development,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design, Access and Transport,
- Developer, Designer,
Public transport infrastructure planning, design, provision
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- posted 08 Aug 2008
Public transport plays an important role in our society although Australia is a car dependent society. Public transport is far more efficient than cars in transporting large numbers of people and a high percentage of commuters in large cities in Australia travel to work by public transport. Indeed, about 50% of school trips are performed using public transport in cities such as Sydney and Melbourne.
- Categorised under:
- Feasability, Planning, Design, Construction, Lot Creation,
- Greenfield Development,
- Access and Transport,
- Developer, State Government,
Innovative transport modes
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- posted 11 Aug 2008
Although conventional road transport is an essential element in any new development, supplementary transport options can be considered to achieve the full potential of planned developments.
- Categorised under:
- Feasability, Planning, Design, Completion,
- Greenfield Development,
- Access and Transport,
- Developer, State Government,
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.
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.
- Categorised under:
- Planning,
- Greenfield Development,
- Site Ecology, Estate Design, Water Management, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation,
- Developer,
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,
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.
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- Feasability, Planning, Design, Lot Creation,
- Greenfield Development,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design,
- Developer,
Microclimate
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- posted 16 Jun 2008
Sustainable development achieves potentially greater levels of energy efficiency through the principles of design for climate and through utilising or influencing local microclimate conditions. It is possible to create a development environment which maintains conditions within human comfort zones without reliance on additional energy for heating and cooling.
- Categorised under:
- Feasability, Planning,
- Greenfield Development,
- Site Ecology, Estate Design, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation,
Infrastructure
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- Fact Sheet
- 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…’
- Categorised under:
- 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,
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.
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