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Images courtesy Randall Arendt, "Conservation Design for Subdivisions", Island Press, 1996
Conservation subdivisions
Comparison images of a conservation subdivision (top) vs. a conventional subdivision (bottom) with the SAME number of home sites (55) on the same 130 acre property.

conservation subdivision

Conservation subdivision (above) with just under 3/4 of an acre, 30,000 sq. ft., house lots with the SAME number of home sites (55) as the conventional subdivision below on the same 130 acre site. The conservation subdivision preserves almost two-thirds of the site, 62%, 81 acres.



conventional subdivision

Conventional subdivision (above) with 2 acre house lots with the SAME number of home sites (55) on the same 130 acre site as the conservation subdivision at the top of the page.


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