Table 4: Environmental Quality
| Author | Title | Description | Access |
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| Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) | Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS) | Website: Provides an introduction to sustainable drainage systems and updates on current good practice in their use. There are links to case studies and access to a bulletin “Sustainable Drainage News”. | Online: http://www.ciria.org/suds/index.html http://www.ciria.org.uk/ (UK) |
| CSIRO Manufacturing & Infrastructure Technology (CMIT) | Green Initiatives/Urban Water | Website: Includes information on home energy ratings, building ventilation, an urban water program, integrated land use transport-environment, modelling and energy efficient design. | Online: http://www.cmit.csiro.au/research/special/green/ http://www.cmit.csiro.au/research/urbanwater/ (Australia) |
| Department for International Development (DFID) and European Union | Global Footprints | Website: A resource developed for primary schools aimed at empowering the whole school community, but particularly the young, to take steps to a more sustainable lifestyle. Provides links to sites specifically related to the concept of the ecological footprint. | Online: http://www.globalfootprints.org/home/index.htm (UK/European Union) |
| Environmental Management Secretariat (EMS-SEMA) | Website: Focuses on managing urban environmental problems through the promotion of applied research with emphasis on holistic and participatory approaches. | Online: http://www.ems-sema.org/english/index.html (Uruguay/Canada) |
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| European Environment Agency (1999) | Environment in the European Union at the turn of the century | Website report: Examines current and future environmental performance and against agreed political targets at the EU level. Topics covered include the wider impacts of environmental degradation on human and activities in key economic sectors contributing to environmental trends. | Online: http://reports.eea.eu.int/92-9157-202-0-sum/en/eu_98_uk.pdf (summary report) Downloadable full report or separately available sections of interest. (European Union/Denmark) |
| Low Impact Development (LID) Center | Website: Provides practical information to individuals and organisations wishing to protect and enhance water resources through site design techniques that replicate pre-existing hydrologic site conditions. Refers to useful urban-based projects and publications. | Online: http://www.lowimpactdevelopment.org/ (USA) |
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| Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) | Website: Provides practical information on improving the relationship between urban land use and protection of natural resources with a strong focus on storm water and landscaping aspects. Case studies include alternatives to pavements, reducing road run-off, and blending buildings into landscapes. | Online: http://nemo.uconn.edu/ (USA) |
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| Wulkan B, Tilley S and Droscher T (2003) | Natural Approaches to Stormwater Management | Website report: Promotes a more natural way to manage land development and storm water using a low impact development (LID) approach. Examples are used to highlight applicability to individual homes and residential subdivisions. | Online: http://www.psat.wa.gov/Publications/LID_studies/lid_natural_approaches.pdf (USA) |
