Websites

• Bioregional Development Group
  www.bioregional.com
  An innovative organisation working on a range of projects that enable sustainable uses of the local natural environment.
• Green Construction
  www.greenconstruction.co.uk
  Provides abstracts of newspaper and periodical articles concerning green construction in its widest sense. Available as an e-mail newsletter – subscribe online.
• National Brownfield Site Project
  www.urbanmines.org.uk/brown.htm
  

• Environment Agency
  www.environment-agency.gov.uk
  Gives advice on flood risk.
• Natural England (formerly the Countryside Agency)
  www.naturalengland.org.uk
  Gives advice on positive planning, landscape character, sense of place and has a number of useful publications.
• Royal Town Planning Institute
  www.rtpi.org.uk
  

• UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP)
  www.ukcip.org.uk
  For information on climate change and measures to tackle it.
• Urban and Economic Development Group
  www.urbed.com
  A not-for-profit urban regeneration consultancy.
• Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) www.cabespace.org.uk
  A champion for parks and public areas in the UK.

Further reading

• By Design: Urban Design in the Planning System. Towards Better Practice. By Design: Better Places to Live - A companion guide to PPG3.
  DETR / CABE (Thomas Telford, London, 2000 & 2001)
  
  
• Building a Sustainable Future–Homes for an autonomous community Copies available from BRESCU enquiry line Tel: 01923 664258
  
  
• Making Places: a Guide to Good Practice in Undertaking Mixed Use Development Schemes
  English Partnerships and Urban Villages Forum (1988)
  
  
• Sustainable Settlements: a Guide for Planners, Designers and Developers H. Barton et al
  University of the West of England (1995)
  
  
• Sustainable Residential Quality: exploring the housing potential of large sites
  Llewelyn-Davies
  (LPAC, DETR, GOL, LT and HC, 2000)
  
  
• Urban Design Compendium
  Llewelyn-Davies for English Partnerships and Housing Corporation.
  English Partnerships, London, 2000
  
  
• Nottinghamshire Landscape Guidelines
  Notts County Council (1997)
  Contact: Landscape Officer
  Tel: 0115 977 2166
  
  
• The Urban Village: What does it contribute to sustainable development?
  (ESRC, 2002)
  
  
• The Use of Density in Urban Planning.
  DETR, London (1998)
  
  
• PPG1: General Policy and Principles (1997)
  
  
• PPG13: Transport (2001)
  
  
• PPG3: Housing (2000)
  
  
• PPG6: Town Centres and Retail Development (1996)
  
  
• Towards an Urban Renaissance
  Urban Task Force (HMSO, 1999)