Conservation development

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Conservation development, also known as Conservation design, is a controlled-growth land use development that adopts the principle for allowing limited sustainable development while protecting the area’s natural environmental features in perpetuity, including preserving open space landscape and vista, protecting farmland or natural habitats for wildlife, and maintaining the character of rural communities.^[1] A conservation development is usually defined as a project that dedicates a minimum of 50% of the total development parcel as open space. The management and ownership of the land are often formed by the partnership between private land owners, land-use conservation organizations and local government. It is a growing trend in many parts of the country, particularly in the western United States. In the eastern U.S., conservation design has been promoted by some state and local governments as a technique to help preserve water quality.^[2]

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^ Arendt, Randall G. Conservation Design for Subdivisions: A Practical Guide To Creating Open Space Networks. Island Press, 1996. ISBN 978-1559634892.
^ Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Dover, DE; and Brandywine Conservancy, Chadds Ford, PA. Conservation Design for Stormwater Management. September 1997.

Ellis, Ronald. 2006. Residential Land Use Policy and Conservation Development in the Blanco River Basin. Applied Research Project. Texas State University. http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/110/