SITE DESIGN MANUAL

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S U S T A I N A B L E
URBAN
LANDSCAPES Site Design Manual for
B.C. Communities

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The Site Design Manual for B.C. Communities is rooted in several recent and extensive efforts to develop, and then gain acceptance for, alternative development and engineering standards for the design of new (and for the retrofit of existing) communities in British Columbia.

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Cover

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface

PART ONE:
SETTING A CONTEXT
Introduction
Water, Air, People
Policy and Planning

CASE STUDIES
Introduction
South East False Creek
Burnaby Mountain
Riverwalk on the Coquitlam
East Clayton

PART TWO -
A DESIGN METHOD
Taxonomy of Urban Sites
District
Corridor
Block
Parcel

PART THREE -
A DESIGN APPROACH
Introduction
District Guidelines
Corridor Guidelines 1
Corridor Guidelines 2
Block Guidelines
Parcel Guidelines

CONCLUSION AND SUSTAINABILITY CHECKLIST

REFERENCES

Financial support for this publication was generously provided by:

City of Surrey	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Affordability and Choices Today Program
Department of Fisheries and Oceans	Environment Canada	Greater Vancouver Regional District
Ministry of Agriculture BC Investment Agriculture Foundation	Ministry of Municipal Affairs	Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia