The Lindsay Creek Project: A Watershed and Community Based Land Use Assessment
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Project Description
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Strategy
Handbook
Project Evaluation
Lindsay Creek Project Final Evaluation (140 KB)
A methodology for evaluating the “ Lindsay Creek Watershed and Community-based Land Use Assessment Approach” is outlined and discussed. The” Lindsay Creek Watershed Based Approach is defined as a set of steps and activities over and above the traditional or conventional land use planning process. In particular the additional costs of the Lindsay Creek Watershed Based Approach are considered and ranges of costs estimated. Several types of market benefits are discussed: benefits regarding property values, benefits from clustering versus unfocused development, benefits related to stormwater management as well as non-market benefits regarding habitat, environmental amenities and human health. These benefits in large part are discussed in reference to cases cited in the Center for Watershed Protection article “Economics of Watershed Protection”. The questions to be asked when evaluating any use of the Lindsay Creek Watershed Based approach are listed and are answered for purposes of illustration in reference to the Lindsay Creek Watershed Project. A dissemination and follow-up program is proposed and a public and privately funded grant program supporting use of the Lindsay Creek watershed approach is suggested.
Documents and Presentations
Project Description
Links
Strategy
Handbook
Project Evaluation
Lindsay Creek Project Final Evaluation (140 KB)
A methodology for evaluating the “ Lindsay Creek Watershed and Community-based Land Use Assessment Approach” is outlined and discussed. The” Lindsay Creek Watershed Based Approach is defined as a set of steps and activities over and above the traditional or conventional land use planning process. In particular the additional costs of the Lindsay Creek Watershed Based Approach are considered and ranges of costs estimated. Several types of market benefits are discussed: benefits regarding property values, benefits from clustering versus unfocused development, benefits related to stormwater management as well as non-market benefits regarding habitat, environmental amenities and human health. These benefits in large part are discussed in reference to cases cited in the Center for Watershed Protection article “Economics of Watershed Protection”. The questions to be asked when evaluating any use of the Lindsay Creek Watershed Based approach are listed and are answered for purposes of illustration in reference to the Lindsay Creek Watershed Project. A dissemination and follow-up program is proposed and a public and privately funded grant program supporting use of the Lindsay Creek watershed approach is suggested.
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