Browse Fact Sheets by development type: Brownfield Development
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Design for Open Space
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- Fact Sheet
- 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.
Infrastructure
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- 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,
Mobility Management: Design for Active Transport
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- posted 24 Jun 2008
This Fact Sheet provides suggestions and is intended to advise how residential development participants can help deliver better environments for walking, cycling and using public transport. Ideally, new developments have viable access and transport options are always a viable choice, so transport impacts are lessened throughout the life of developments.
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- Feasability, Planning, Design, Construction, Lot Creation, Completion,
- Greenfield Development, Brownfield Development,
- Access and Transport,
- Developer, State Government, Local Government,
Design for a mix of uses
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- posted 11 Jun 2008
A mix of uses within a neighbourhood enhances the livability and sustainability of a new development. The incorporation of various non-residential uses, such as retail, business and community facilities, within the residential development, can reduce reliance on private vehicles, provide for local working opportunities and enhance the interaction between residents.
A variety of housing types associated with mixed use developments (eg. Shop top housing) can also encourage affordability and allow residents the opportunity of progressing through different cycles of life within a single neighborhood, avoiding situations of isolation and gentrification.
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- Planning, Design,
- Greyfield Development, Brownfield Development,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design,
- High Density, Medium Density,
- Developer,
Solar Access and Lot Orientation
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- posted 14 May 2008
Solar access in subdivision design is about manipulating the key variables of aspect, shape and density in combination with site characteristics such as topography and slope to achieve an optimum mix of lot sizes that are appropriately oriented to allow for energy efficient house design. When lots are correctly aligned and proportioned, individual energy efficient housing can be built with comparatively less effort because lots are suitable to site a dwelling with good solar access.
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- Feasability, Planning, Design, Lot Creation,
- Greenfield Development, Greyfield Development, Brownfield Development,
- Estate Design, Energy Management, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation,
- Medium Density, Low Density,
- Developer, Designer,
- Warm humid / sub–tropical, Hot dry, cold winter / hot arid, Temperate,
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