Sustainable Sites, Low Impact Development

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Resources

What is a Sustainable Site?

The Sustainable Sites Initiative

The Green Civil Engineer: Sustainable Site Planning Basics

EPA Greenscapes: Building Sustainable Sites from the Ground Up

Portland Bureau of Environmental Services: Sustainable Approach to Stormwater Management

What is Low Impact Development (LID)?

NC LID Group

Low Impact Development site

North Carolina Low Impact Development Certification

Bluegrass PRIDE "Gray to Green site - Kentucky resource for Low Impact Development

University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center, 2007 Annual Report  - research-based cost and efficiency data

Ecosystem Services

The Role of Ecosystem Services in Watershed Management: Chesapeake Bay (PDF) (151pp, 2.2MB)
Download high-resolution edition for print production (PDF) (451pp, 17.8MB)

Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services Initiative, World Resources Institute (n.d.)
http://www.wri.org/project/mainstreaming-ecosystem-services

What are ecosystem services?, Ecosystem Services Project (n.d.)
http://www.wri.org/project/mainstreaming-ecosystem-services

Ground Water and Ecosystems Restoration Research
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/gwerd/eco/index.html

 

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