Download or read book Environmental Reviews at the Community Level written by United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Environmental Planning Division and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Impact Review and Housing written by Frederick E. Case and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1982 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guidebook for Performing Public Housing Environmental Reviews written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Regulations and Housing Costs written by Arthur C. Nelson and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many communities across the nation still lack affordable housing. And many officials continue to claim that “affordable housing” is an oxymoron. Building inexpensively is impossible, they say, because there are too many regulations. Required environmental impact statements and habitat protection laws, they contend, drive up the costs of construction. But is this actually true? In a comprehensive study of the question, the authors of this eye-opening book separate fact from myth. With admirable clarity, they describe the policy debate from its beginning, review the economic theory, trace the evolution of development regulation, and summarize the major research on the topic. In addition, they offer their own research, accompanied by a case study of two strikingly different Washington, D.C., suburbs. They also include results of focus groups conducted in Dallas, Denver, and Tucson. The authors find that environmental regulatory costs—as a share of total costs and processes—are about the same now as they were thirty years ago, even though there are far more regulations today. They find, too, that environmental regulations may actually create benefits that could improve the value of housing. Although they conclude that regulations do not appear to drive up housing costs more now than in the past, they do offer recommendations of ways in which the processes associated with regulations—including review procedures—could be improved and could result in cost savings. Intended primarily for professionals who are involved in, or impacted by, regulations—from public officials, planners, and engineers to housing developers and community activists—this book will provide useful insights and data to anyone who wants to know if (and how) American housing can actually be made “affordable.”
Download or read book Environmental Review Guide for Community Development Block Grant Programs Under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 as Amended written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Impact Assessments written by Suzanne Miller and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is a summary of this agency's interpretation of the environmental review requirements under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. This publication has been presented for use as a suggested environmentalimpact assessment procedure, by applicants for community development funds. Bibliographic data sheet.
Download or read book A Guide to the Preparation and Review of Environmental Impact Reports written by Richard E. Warden and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Housing Equity and Environmental Protection written by Mary E. Brooks and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Utah Housing Development Areawide Study written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Review of Environmental Impact Assessment Methodologies written by Maurice L. Warner and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Open Space Program Project Selection written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Assessment Efforts for Proposed Projects Have Been Ineffective written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Readers will learn about the life and works of J.K. Rowling. The author&#x;s life leading up to her success as the best-selling author of the Harry Potter series is discussed. Readers will also learn about the author&#x;s writing process and what inspires her."--Publisher's web site.
Download or read book San Francisco Community Development and Housing Proposal written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Impact Statements written by Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Choosing an Environmentally Safe Site written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the House Committee on the District of Columbia written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Low Impact Building written by Tom Woolley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to the designs, technologies and materials that really make green buildings work will help architects, specifiers and clients make informed choices, based on reliable technical information. Low Impact Building: Housing using Renewable Materials is about changing the way we build houses to reduce their ‘carbon’ footprint and to minimise environmental damage. One of the ways this can be done is by reducing the energy and environmental impact of the materials and resources used to construct buildings by choosing alternative products and systems. In particular, we need to recognise the potential for using natural and renewable construction materials as a way to reduce both carbon emissions but also build in a more benign and healthy way. This book is an account of some attempts to introduce this into mainstream house construction and the problems and obstacles that need to be overcome to gain wider acceptance of genuinely environmental construction methods. The book explores the nature of renewable materials in depth: where do they come from, what are they made of and how do they get into the construction supply chain? The difference between artisan and self-build materials like earth and straw, and more highly processed and manufactured products such as wood fibre insulation boards is explored. The author then gives an account of the Renewable House Programme in the UK explaining how it came about and how it was funded and managed by Government agencies. He analyses 12 case studies of projects from the Programme, setting out the design and methods of construction, buildability, environmental assessment tools used in the design, performance in terms of energy, air tightness, carbon footprint and post-occupancy issues. The policy context of energy and sustainability in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is subjected to a critical examination to show how this affects the use of natural and renewable materials in the market for insulation and other construction materials. The debate over energy usage and embodied energy is discussed, as this is central to the reason why even many environmentally progressive people ignore the case for natural and renewable materials. The book offers a discussion of building physics and science, considering energy performance, moisture, durability, health and similar issues. A critical evaluation of assessment, accreditation and labelling of materials and green buildings is central to this as well as a review of some of the key research in the field.
