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Summary
Summary
This valuable resource for developers and designers will help to develop design solutions sympathetic to the environment and improve the sustainability of residential landscapes.
The landscapes around housing have a crucial role in creating a more sustainable future with carbon-neutral homes. This book shows how to improve the sustainable profile of new residential developments through landscape planning, design and management - by conserving resources and minimising pollution, and by enhancing ecological diversity. This may be achieved without significant additional capital outlay.
The residential landscape sustainability checklist gives housing developers, landscape architects, architects and planners a tool with which to assess the environmental implication of their schemes throughout the design process - from site planning to detailed design.
The checklist focuses on residential housing developments but many features of the tool - including improving energy efficiency, materials selection, planting design and management - can also be applied to a wide range of different types of development, from school grounds to retail parks.
Author Notes
Carl Smith BSc(Hons) DipLA MA PhD MLI - Visiting Garvan Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Arkansas
Andy Clayden BSc DipLA MA - Senior Lecturer, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield
Nigel Dunnett BSc MSc PhD - Senior Lecturer, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. vii |
| 1 Putting residential development in a sustainable context | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Definitions of sustainable development and sustainable landscape | p. 3 |
| Sustainable development | p. 3 |
| Sustainable landscape | p. 4 |
| Sustainable development in English planning and development | p. 8 |
| The key role of housing in sustainable development | p. 12 |
| Current concepts and initiatives for delivering sustainable homes in England | p. 17 |
| What impact have these initiatives had on delivering sustainable residential communities? | p. 22 |
| References | p. 25 |
| 2 Opportunities for improving the sustainable profile of new residential developments | p. 29 |
| Introduction | p. 29 |
| Conservation of resources and minimisation of pollution and waste | p. 29 |
| Energy consumption and microclimate control | p. 29 |
| Encouraging walking and cycling | p. 33 |
| Specification and detailed design of hard landscape materials | p. 37 |
| Specification and detailed design of soft landscape materials - vegetation | p. 52 |
| Water management | p. 63 |
| Enhancement of site ecological function and human well-being | p. 73 |
| Site ecological function | p. 73 |
| Providing for the health and well-being of residents | p. 79 |
| References | p. 89 |
| 3 Creating a residential landscape sustainability checklist | p. 99 |
| Introduction | p. 99 |
| A review of sustainable checklist tools for residential development | p. 99 |
| A detailed description of the template BRE EcoHomes method | p. 104 |
| Adapting the EcoHomes method for landscape assessments | p. 106 |
| The Energy Category | p. 106 |
| The Transport Category | p. 108 |
| The Pollution Category | p. 108 |
| The Materials Category | p. 110 |
| The Water Category | p. 112 |
| The Ecology and Land Use Category | p. 113 |
| The Health and Well-Being Category | p. 113 |
| Adjusting the EcoHomes weighting factors | p. 116 |
| Setting compliance standards | p. 116 |
| Judging visual qualities | p. 117 |
| General limitations of the checklist assessment approach | p. 118 |
| References | p. 119 |
| 4 Case studies: applying the Residential Landscape Sustainability Checklist | p. 121 |
| Introduction | p. 121 |
| Greenwich Millennium Village, London | p. 122 |
| Childwall, Liverpool | p. 125 |
| Evaluation of the case studies against the Residential Landscape Sustainability Checklist | p. 126 |
| The Energy Category | p. 126 |
| The Transport Category | p. 127 |
| The Pollution Category | p. 128 |
| The Materials Category | p. 133 |
| The Water Category | p. 142 |
| The Ecology and Land Use Category | p. 142 |
| The Health and Well-Being Category | p. 144 |
| What factors encouraged and discouraged residential landscape sustainability? | p. 150 |
| Factors which contribute to delivering residential landscape sustainability | p. 151 |
| Factors which may undermine landscape sustainability | p. 152 |
| Conclusion | p. 155 |
| References | p. 156 |
| Appendix Detailed Residential Landscape Sustainability Checklist | p. 157 |
| Index | p. 193 |
