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Introduction
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Planning context
Land use, layout and landscape
Travel and transport
Building design and specification
Energy use
Renewable energy
Health & pollution
Waste minimisation
Water use & drainage
Biodiversity
Community
Sustainable solutions
Case studies
Further resources
Historic environment
Maintenance & management
Extended case studies
Useful contacts
Useful publications
Glossary
Project partners

Websites

  • Centre for Accessible Environments
    www.cae.org.uk
    Provides information on designing accessible environments.

  • Community Development Foundation
    www.cdf.org.uk
    Enables people to participate effectively in decisions affecting their living conditions.
    Tel: 0207 226 5375

  • Community Self Build Agency
    www.communityselfbuildagency.org.uk
    Tel: 0207 415 7092

  • Development Trusts Association
    www.dta.org.uk
    Promotes the work of community development trusts.
    Tel: 0845 4588336
    07793 321 731 - Regional Office

  • The National Housing Federation
    www.housing.org.uk

  • Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation
    www.nifonline.org.uk
    Supports community development.
    Tel: 0870 7700339

  • New Economics Foundation
    www.neweconomics.org
    Includes "Participation Works!" -21 techniques for community participation for the 21 st century.

  • People for Action
    www.peopleforaction.org.uk
    Forms networks with housing associations and offers solutions for sustainable action.
    Tel: 0121 633 3836

  • Sustainable Communities: Building for the Future (Communities Plan), 2003
    www.odpm.gov.uk

  • Urban White Paper (DETR 2000)
    www.urban.odpm.gov.uk/whitepaper
    Makes the case for community engagement to achieve urban renaissance.

  • Rural White Paper (DETR 2000)
    www.defra.gov.uk/rural/ruralwp

  • Sustainable Homes (DETR 2000)
    www.sustainablehomes.co.uk
    Funded by the Housing Corporation, it promotes awareness of sustainable development issues and encourages housing associations to adopt sustainable policies and practices.

Further reading

  • A Better Quality of Life: A Strategy for Sustainable Development for the UK. (See Ch 7:Building Sustainable Communities)
    DETR May 1999.
  • Building the 21 st Century Home: The Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood
    by D. Rudlin and N. Falk Architectural Press, Oxford 1999.
  • Achieving Community Benefits through Contracts: law, policy and practice.
    R. MacFarlane and M.Cook for Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
    www.jrf.org.uk
  • Make it Happen
    J. Caplin for Social Enterprise Services Tools & techniques for community self-improvement.
  • But will we want to live there?
    Planning for People & Neighbourhoods in 2020
    C.L Andrews, W Reardon-Smith, M Townsend.
    http://www.housingcorplibrary.org.uk/