Updated 6.5.08

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
LANDSCAPE SUITABILITY MAP  
   &  

DEVELOPER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

 

 

Project Participants
Homer Soil and Water Conservation District
DnA Design
Environmental Protection Agency
Kenai Watershed Forum

Project Collaborators
Kachemak Heritage Land Trust
Agnew::Beck
City of Homer

Articles + News about the Suitability Map
Homer Soil and Water Conservation District April Newsletter Article
 
Homer Tribune Article 
Homer News Article 
Radio Realty Podcast  

Existing Local Maps
Kenai Peninsula Borough Map Server
Homer Wetlands Map
Natural Resource Conservation Service Web Soil Survey

Similar Mapping Systems
Agnew::Beck Hillside District Plan
The Conservation Fund's list of Green Infrastructure Projects
Maryland's Green Infrastructure Assessment

Maryland's Strategic Forest Land Assessment
Kachemak Bay Ecological Characterization

Development Guides and Certification Systems
US Green Building Council's LEED Rating System
The LAND Code
Smart Code
Sustainable Sites Initiative
Better Site Design: A Handbook for Changing Development Rules in Your Community
Audubon's Natural Resource Management Plan

Economic Research
UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research
Gund Institute for Ecological Economics

Economic Impacts of Protecting Rivers, Trails, and Greenway Corridors
The Economic Value of Open Space: Implications for Land Use Decisions
The Economic Value of Open Space: A Review and Synthesis
The Value of the World’s Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital

Other Relevant Articles, Books and Links
Living in Harmony With Bears   
Living in Harmony With Moose 

Ten Things Wrong With Sprawl

Cities and Natural Process
Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning
Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities
Growing Greener: Putting Conservation Into Local Plans And Ordinances