Archive for Urban Design/Architecture

More on Maryland Environmental Design

August 22, 2007 at 4:52 pm · Filed under Chesapeake Bay, Sustainable Development, Urban Design/Architecture

A new law in Maryland will take effect next year for design standards. The new law requires MDE to establish regulations and a model ordinance that requires implementation of environmental site design to the maximum extent practicable. Developers will be required to demonstrate that ESD has been implemented to the maximum extent practicable and that standard best management practices have been used only where absolutely necessary.
Read it all in the Maryland Society of Professional Engineers latest newsletter here

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New Maryland DNR Environmental Design Program

August 15, 2007 at 8:07 pm · Filed under Chesapeake Bay, Sustainable Development, Urban Design/Architecture

Maryland Environmental Design Program
Environmental Design Program provides the business community, local governments and interested citizens with the information and on-site technical assistance they need to identify, implement and evaluate actions to enhance and restore natural resources in and around developed environments.

http://www.dnr.maryland.gov/ed/

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Article From Lincoln Institute on Land Policy

August 10, 2007 at 1:56 am · Filed under Land Use Issues, Urban Design/Architecture

Land Use and Design Innovations in Private Communities

Eran Ben-Joseph discusses the world wide increase in private residential communities, also called common interest communities (CICs) or common interest developments (CIDs). He asserts that they are now becoming a viable choice for both suburban and urban residential development.

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