Alternative Development Standards:
Development standards are the regulations, requirements and by-laws by which developments must abide. Often these development standards are antiquated, over-prescriptive and work against social and environmental concerns.
"Alternative development standards (ADS) allow for more flexible requirements and can encourage more compact growth patterns and developments that support smart growth goals. ADS can address road widths, building specifications, zoning uses and densities, and stormwater management. Alternative development standards can also be more cost-effective in infrastructure and land development costs." Retrieved March 21, 2006 at http://www.smartgrowth.bc.ca/index.cfm?Group_ID=3380
The Local Government Commission works to build livable communities through alternative development standards and other means. They have a library of free resources with information on land use, energy and waste prevention. http://www.lgc.org/
See also Smart Growth
James Kunstler's The Geography of Nowhere, (New York: Simon and Shuster, 1993) is an important book on the tragic sprawlscape of junked cities and ravaged countryside. To see The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century - a video featuring James Kunstler, see http://www.oriononline.org/pages/oo/curwis/index_curwis.html
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