Resources for Conservation Development
Learning Library
The following embedded books, PDFs and links give a window into different approaches to Conservation Development. While we don’t endorse any of them in particular for Bowen, each can help us determine which ideas might work here. Many deal with more urban environments that don’t have the same potential as Bowen, but they show how bylaws and policy can be crafted that result in a much richer and healthier environment for all.
Online Books about Conservation Development
These attractive publications can be read right here – each has an icon to click for full screen viewing.
Toolkit for Conservation Development – California
Green Infrastructure – The Conservation Fund, 2006, U.S.
Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Planning and Design in Managed Landscapes, 2015
Regional Open Space Strategy for Maricopa County, 2018
Watershed Conservation Planning – Texas
Other great online publications about greenways
issuu.com/search?q=greenway
Online Books – Urban Greenway Plans
Low Impact Development – Knoxville, Tennessee 2013
PDFs
Conservation Development and Bowen Studies
Conservation Subdivision Design: an overview, by Randall Arendt
Bowen Island Parks Plan 2018-2028
This plan identifies key areas of interest for preservation. Though it focuses on trails and parks, these could be nested inside a broader greenway network.
Grafton Lake Wildlife & Species At Risk Study, 2017
Conservation-Based Affordable Housing, The Conservation Fund, Virginia
Greenway Planning: developing a landscape ecological network approach, 1995
Model Greenway Plans
City of North Vancouver Parks & Greenways Strategic Plan (PDF), 2002
Coquitlam Parks Master Trail Plan, 2013 update
Franklin County Greenway and Open Space Plan, Pennsylvania
Heywood Park Master Plan, North Vancouver, 2010
Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Plan, 2016
Pitt River Regional Greenway Concept Plan
Salmon Arm Greenway Strategy: “Weave It Green”
Model Ordinances
Examples of bylaws that have been tried in other jurisdictions. Bowen Island will need its own custom bylaws.
American Planning Association’s Smart Codes: Model Land-Development Regulations
Model Conservation by Design Ordinance for Pennsylvania
Growing Greener
Bellingham Greenway Levy Acquisition Approval Policy, 2006
Franklin County Greenway and Open Space Plan, 2007
Chester County Pennsylvania – Greenways – including model ordinances
Residential Cluster Development
Free satellite data
Google Earth Engine – Timelapse imagery over 30 years
earthengine.google.com/timelapse/
GIS Geography
gisgeography.com/free-satellite-imagery-data-list/
Research Links
Wikipedia Entry on Residential Cluster Development
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residential_cluster_development
Greenways in Vancouver – creating greenways in an already urban environment
vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/city-greenways.aspx
BC Coastal Forests – World Wildlife Fund
https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na0506
Is Nature Good for You?
Great articles summarizing studies proving nature is good for your health in specific ways:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/people-in-nature
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/people-in-nature/201210/going-tech-fast
http://www.motherearthliving.com/health-and-wellness/mind-and-body/nature-and-health-zmfz16mazolc
and
http://www.businessinsider.com/scientific-benefits-of-nature-outdoors-2016-4/#3-stress-relief-3
According to recent research, physically being in a natural environment promotes cognitive performance and offers higher resistance to stress, because of exposure to a bacterium called Mycobacterium vaccae. In the brains of mice, and thus likely in humans, this bacterium leads to a higher release of the neurotransmitter serotonin.