Table 1: Urban Design, Landscape & Form
| Author | Title | Description | Access details |
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| ACT Planning and Land Authority (ACTPLA) | Quality and Sustainable Design | Website: Contains material on crime prevention through urban design, and designing for high quality sustainable development. | Online: http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/qsd/ (Australia) |
| APA Research Department | Context-Sensitive Signage Design | Website: A report for citizens and professionals on the issue of signage, downloadable from the website of the American Planning Association. | Online: http://www.planning.org/signs/index.htm (USA) |
| Australian Green Building Council (AGBC) | Website: Promotes a sustainable property industry in Australia and the adoption of green building practices through marketbased solutions. | Online: http://www.gbcaus.org/ (Australia) |
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| Benfield F K, Terris J and Vorsanger N (2001) | Solving Sprawl: Models of smart growth in communities across America | Book: Looks at case studies from 35 communities in US cities and suburbs that have followed the principles of Smart Growth to concentrate development on infrastructure already in place and revitalise older communities. | Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, N.Y. Refer also to http://www.nrdc.org/ (USA) |
| Bernick M S and Cervero R (1996) | Transit Villages in the 21st Century | Book: A guide to how transit village communities that hug metropolitan rail systems reduce traffic congestion and stimulate growth. | McGraw-Hill Book Co, New York (USA) |
| Duany A, Plater-Zyberk E and Speck J (2000) | Suburban Nation: The rise of sprawl and the decline of the American dream | Book: Examines how it is possible to replace automobile dominated settlement patterns of the last fifty years with a return to more traditional planning principles. | North Point Press, New York (USA) |
| The McKnight Foundation | Embrace Open Space | Website: Details a joint effort campaign of 11 organisations concerned about protecting open spaces in the Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota (US). | Online: http://www.embraceopenspace.org/ (USA) |
| European Academy of the Urban Environment (EAUE) | Database on Sustainable Urban Development in Europe - SURBAN | Website: A best practice database (SURBAN) which aims to encourage exchange of experience amongst local government decision makers in all spheres of sustainable urban development. | Online: http://www.eaue.de/default.htm (Germany/Europe) |
| European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC) (2001) | Competitiveness of the Construction Industry: An Agenda for sustainable construction in Europe | Website report: Aimed at raising the sustainability of construction activities and the quality of the built environment in Europe on a broad front. | Online: http://www.fiec.org/upload/1/publgeneralreport.pdf (European Union) |
| Gilbert D and Ginn S (2001) | Transit Oriented Sustainable Developments | Website report: Discusses the concept of Transit Oriented Developments (TODs) and describes typical TOD characteristics using case studies. It also outlines the guiding principles needed to facilitate TOD in urban Australia. | Online: http://www.build.qld.gov.au/research/BrDocs/tosid.pdf (Australia) |
| Hockerton Housing Project Trading | Hockerton Housing Project | Website: Gives practical information on an autonomous UK housing development with features including ‘zero-emissions’, on-site food production and renewably-powered transport. Contains useful publications and links on sustainable living. | Online: http://www.hockerton.demon.co.uk/ Email: hhp@hockerton.demon.co.uk (UK) |
| Jenks M, Burton E, and Williams K (Editors) (2000) | Achieving Sustainable Urban Form | Book: Moves the debate from theory to reporting a wide variety of research results and best practice. | E & FN Spon: London (USA) |
| Local Authorities of Kent (UK) (2000) | Kent Design | Website report: A guide (available as CD-ROM) promoting sustainability and good design with application to all types of development. | Online: http://www.kent.gov.uk/kent_design/contents.html Email: urban_design@kent.gov.uk (UK) |
| Maryland Department of Natural Resources | Green Building & Environmental Design Program | Website: Promotes environmentally sensitive building and site design techniques. | Online: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/smartgrowth/ed/ (USA) |
| Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) | Creating Quality Places: Successful Communities by Design | Website: Fosters the design of quality places, providing quality principles, policy tools and case studies. | Online: http://www.qualityplaces.marc.org/ (USA) |
| National Office of Local Government (1997) | Australia’s Guide to Good Residential Design | Book: A guide to designing quality homes that are good to live in, fit well into the neighbourhood, and takes into account safety and wider urban design issues. | National Office of Local Government Canberra, ACT (Australia) |
| PlaceMatters.com | PlaceMatters.com | Website: Identifies and provides techniques to help create more liveable communities by using community participation to evaluate community needs. Documents what is available by way of practical tools and case studies. | Online: http://www.placematters.com/ (USA) |
| Project for Public Spaces (2000) | How To Turn a Place Around: A handbook for creating successful public spaces | Book: A guide for on how to create successful places organised around eleven basic principles. | Can be ordered online: http://www.pps.org/Products/products_turnplacearound.htm (USA) |
| RUDI Ltd | Resource for Urban Design Information (RUDI) | Website: Contains a considerable amount of material on urban design, including downloadable urban design journals from around the world. A free subscription for a week is available. | Online: http://www.rudi.net/news.cfm (UK) |
| Urban Design Alliance (UDAL) | Website: Promotes awareness of how urban design can help make healthier, more sustainable, and safer communities. Available under the “urban visions” link are practical guides on making roads/streets people-friendly, managing urban waterways & creating better places for business. | Online: http://www.udal.org.uk/ (UK) |
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| University of Minnesota | Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series (SULIS) | Website: Contains practical information on the sustainable landscape process that includes: planting, installation, construction and maintenance. | Online: http://www.sustland.umn.edu/ (USA) |
| University of Minnesota | Design Center for the American Urban Landscape | Website: Examines how design can be used to make the metropolitan landscape more liveable and sustainable. | Online: http://www.cala.umn.edu/design_center/dcaul.html (USA) |
| Urban Advantage | Urban Advantage: Envisioning Smart Growth | Website: Uses digital technology to aid in visualizing growth options with the intent of turning vision into reality. Produces photo-real images to assist architects, planners and residents to envisage how pedestrian-friendly and socially-interactive communities can be created. | Online: http://www.urban-advantage.com/ (USA) |
| Urban Land Institute (ULI) | Website: Provides a range of resources for land use professionals and developers, including access to research. | Online: http://www.uli.org (USA) |
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| US Department of Housing and Urban Development | Affordable Housing Design Advisor | Website: A guide to designing affordable houses that are functional, durable, respond to context, and enhance the neighbourhood. | Online: http://www.designadvisor.org (USA) |
| Westerman H L (1998) | Cities for Tomorrow - Integrating Land Use, Transport and the Environment | Book and CD: Prepared for Austroads, it comprises A Guide to Better Practice (Vol 1) and Resource Document (Vol 2) | ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Victoria (Australia) |
