Conservation and Development

This book, one of eight in a series, provides balanced and practical advice on growth issues facing communities throughout Pennsylvania, including how to protect the countryside, how to strengthen downtowns and how to improve the suburbs. Better Models for Development in Pennsylvania, jointly published by The Conservation Fund and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, provides examples of how key development principles and ideas can be applied in the state.

This study provides the first nationwide look at projects that combine land conservation and affordable housing. Learn about projects that meet a host of community deficiencies by helping provide much needed housing for young families, police officers and teachers, while conserving waterways and wetlands, wildlife habitat, farmland and forests and recreational areas. Fifteen profiles showcase projects initiated by developers, land trusts, local governments and housing organizations. The study also includes promising trends, lessons learned and the next steps to stimulate even more projects with great outcomes for the community, environment and the economy.

This book provides balanced and practical advice on key issues facing communities throughout Maryland, such as: how to protect the countryside, how to strengthen downtowns and how to improve the suburbs. Through extensive use of color photos and illustrations, Better Models provides examples of how key development principles and ideas can be applied to Maryland and elsewhere.

This Toolkit is designed to help local leaders spring from ideas to action; moving the Better Models principles into practice within Pennsylvania’s cities and towns. By utilizing the Toolkit, Pennsylvanians can create a better future for their communities by preserving their state’s natural, historical and cultural resources to improve local economies and enhance Pennsylvania’s cities and towns.

The book provides balanced and practical advice on key issues facing communities throughout Delaware, such as: how to protect the countryside, how to strengthen downtowns, and how to improve the suburbs.

Through extensive use of photos and illustrations, Better Models provides suggestions for improving the quality and design of new development. Whether it is a new shopping center, a suburban subdivision or a neighborhood street, this book shows how new development can be both more profitable and more environmentally sensitive.

This publication is a one-of-a-kind guide to creating, maintaining and enhancing livable communities in Virginia.

This book illustrates the economic, aesthetic and environmental advantages of choosing smart growth over conventional haphazard development.

This is a one of a kind publication for improving the design and siting of new commercial development on the Eastern Shore.

This is a one-of-a-kind publication that shows how communities can improve the design and siting of new commercial development.