Better Site Design: A Handbook for Changing Development Rules in Your Community (Center for Watershed Protection, 1998). Covering everything from basic engineering principles to actual vs. perceived barriers to implementing better site designs, the handbook outlines 22 guidelines for better developments and provides detailed rationale for each principle. Better Site Design also examines current practices in local communities, details the economic and environmental benefits of better site designs, and presents case studies from across the country. Includes a sample Codes & Ordinances Worksheet.

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Better Site Design: An Assessment of the Better Site Design Principles for Communities Implementing Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (K. Brown, R. Claytor, H. Holland, H. Kwon, R. Winer, J. Zielinski, 2007 rev.).

The Codes and Ordinances Worksheet. The Codes & Ordinances Worksheet, or COW, is a simple worksheet that you can use to see how the local development rules in your community stack up against the model development principles outlined in the Better Site Design Handbook. This PDF will allow you to enter data in the fields and save.

Consensus Agreement on Model Development Principles to Protect Our Streams, Lakes, and Wetlands (Center for Watershed Protection, 1998). This companion to Better Site Design outlines the series of 22 nationally endorsed principles developed by the Site Planning Roundtable, a national cross-section of diverse planning, environmental, home builder, fire, safety, public works, and local government personnel, and details basic rationale for their implementation.

Redevelopment Roundtable Consensus Agreement: Smart Site Practices for Redevelopment and Infill Projects (Center for Watershed Protection, 2001). This publication documents the Center's Redevelopment Roundtable Project and outlines the resulting model development principles, which are designed to promote more environmentally-friendly redevelopment and infill projects.