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Better Site Design:
A Handbook for Changing Development Rules in Your Community

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Covering everything from basic engineering principles to actual vs. perceived barriers to implementing better site designs, this handbook outlines 22 guidelines for better developments and provides detailed rationale for each principle. It also examines current practices in local communities, details the economic and environmental benefits of better site designs, and presents case studies from across the country.

Retail price: $35.00

Publisher Center for Watershed Protection 8391 Main Street Ellicott City, MD 21043 Phone: 410-461-8323 Fax: 410-461-8324 www.cwp.org

Available as: book (paperback/free download) Published: 1998

This information was last verified on 5/23/08

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Getting to Know a Place: Site Evaluation as a Starting Point for Green Design EBN: Feature - March 1998

Protecting the Trees and Immediate Environment During Sitework EBN: Feature - July/August 1992

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