Innovative Subdivision Design to Retain Valued Community and Environmental Assets

INTRODUCTION

This report examines some opportunities and options for building sustainable and innovative subdivisions in the Northwest - subdivisions which foster community and environmental values and which minimize impacts upon them. These values may be expressed in the Official Community Plans of local governments and in provincial Land and Resource Management Plans. They include the importance of quality of life in the Northwest that is provided by a healthy natural environment and a myriad of outdoor recreational opportunities