Sustainable Land Development Today - July/August 2008 - (Page 4) Sustainable 22 Balancing the needs of people, planet, and profit. JULY/ AUGUST 2008 VOLUME 4 ISSUE 7 Columns Departments 6 Our Voice: Adapting the past for the future. The Bottomline Looking at recent financial headlines. Geotechnical Land undermined by coal shafts can be a challenge for developers. Geosynthetics Installing security fencing on perimeter walls can be a problem. Here’s a solution. Site Amenities Trees are more than shade. They’re good for your head, your health and the economy. Surveying and Mapping How to find and hire a competent property surveyor. 10 & 30 34 36 Contents TOP STORY 38 36 12Tax Incentives for Green Buildings Until recently, cost has been one of the biggest obstacles to “green building,” which is the application of sustainable development principles to the construction of buildings. Although the costs of developing green buildings are beginning to approach those of traditional buildings, new tax credit and financial incentive programs also are helping to make green-building projects more attractive. FEATURE ARTICLES 16 18 22 Collision of Brown & Green As Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED®) gains velocity, unintended consequences are occurring increasingly with programs involving Brownfield sites and green design. It’s Not How Dense You Make It, It’s How You Make It Dense These are troubled times for developers who invested in suburban land. Rather than sit this one out and wait for the market to turn around, it may be time to rethink and redesign a portion of your conventional subdivision layouts to a mixed-use, higher density, sustainable walkable village. Waterfront Resurrection: Worst of the Worst to the Best of the Best A little more than a decade ago, its reputation was so bad that it was declared off-limits to nearby US Navy personnel. Today East Beach is raising the bar for the rest of city’s ocean front. This is the second of a series of profile articles in Sustainable Land Development Today that feature the finalists in the 2008 Visionary Awards, which were announced in May 40 Build Smart Using down time wisely in a down market. The Last Word: Comments from SLDI Executive Board member, Dave Garland. 46 RESOURCES SLDI in Focus New Workshop Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Speakers’ Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 New Preferred Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Bookstore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Advertiser Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Editorial Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Industry News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Products/Services Showcase . . . . . . . . . . . 43 SLDT Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4 July/August 2008 Sustainable Land Development Today
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