Site Planning for Urban Stream Protection: free for download!

Together, these files contain Site Planning for Urban Stream Protection, which is no longer available in print from the Center (although copies can still be purchased through the Metropolitan Council of Governments). The document presents a watershed approach to site planning, examining new ways to reduce pollutant loads and protect aquatic resources through non-structural practices and improved construction site planning. Provides insight into the importance of imperviousness, watershed-based zoning, the concentration of development, headwater streets, stream buffers, green parking lots, and other land planning topics. 188 pages total, not including Appendices (not available here).

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• Introduction

• Chapter 1. A Stream Protection Strategy

  • Introduction
  • Seven Elements of an Effective Stream Protection Strategy
  • Advantages of the Stream Protection Strategy
  • The Stream as the Primary Focus of Protection
  • The Role of Site Planning in Stream Protection

• Chapter 2. The Importance of Imperviousness

  • Introduction
  • The Components of Imperviousness
  • Management of Pervious Areas
  • Imperviousness and Runoff
  • Imperviousness and the Shape of Streams
  • Imperviousness and Water Quality
  • Imperviousness and Stream Warming
  • Imperviousness and Stream Biodiversity
  • Imperviousness and Other Urban Water Resources
  • Economics of Impervious Cover
    
    

• Chapter 3. Watershed-Based Zoning

  • Introduction
  • Imperviousness Cover and Conventional Zoning
  • Watershed Protection Strategies Under Conventional Zoning
  • Watershed Geometry and Terminology
  • A Model for Classifying Urban Stream Quality
  • Watershed-Based Zoning
  • Stream Protection Strategies Under Watershed-Based Zoning
  • Deriving a Local Impervious Cover/Stream Quality Relationship
    
    

• Chapter 4. Stream Protection Clusters

  • Introduction
  • Some Cluster Geometry and Terminology
  • Designing a Stream Protection Cluster
  • Benefits of Cluster Development
  • Local Experience with Cluster Development
  • Some Examples of Stream Protection Clusters
  • Performance Criteria for Cluster Developments
  • Resources Needed for Implementation
    
    

• Chapter 5. The Architecture of Stream Buffers

  • Introduction
  • Some Buffer Geometry and Terminology
  • Benefits of Forested Stream Buffers
  • Local Experience with Buffer Programs
  • Pollutant Removal Capability of Stream Buffers
  • Urban Vegetative Treatment Systems
  • Performance Criteria for Urban Stream Buffers
  • Resources Needed for Implementation
    
    

• Chapter 6. Headwater Streets

  • Introduction
  • Some Street Geometry and Terminology
  • The Headwater Street Alternative
  • Residential Street Features
  • Pollutant Generation from Streets
  • General Model of Residential Street Impervious Cover
  • Benefits of Headwater Streets
  • Local Experience with Headwater Streets
  • Performance Criteria for Headwater Streets
  • Headwater Street Best Management Practices
  • Resources Needed for Implementation
    
    

• Chapter 7. Headwater Streets - COMING SOON

• Introduction
• Some Parking Geometry and Terminology
• General Model for Impervious Cover
• Benefits of Green Parking lots
• Local Experience with Parking
• Performance Criteria for Green Parking Lots
• Parking Lot Best Management Practices
• Resources Needed for Implementation
  
  
• Glossary of Terms