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[[File:Community planning.jpg|thumb|A neighbourhood built around and in harmony with existing natural heritage]]
Increases in the quantity, rate, and frequency of runoff can be linked to two root causes:
Increases in the quantity, rate, and frequency of runoff can be linked to two root causes:
#the conversion of undeveloped or agricultural land cover to urban uses, and
#the conversion of undeveloped or agricultural land cover to urban uses, and
The strategies need to be considered together as they all overlap and relate to each other. For example, preserving a natural channel will impact the layout of the site, and the layout of the site determines the extent of impervious area and optimal locations of structural BMPs.
The strategies need to be considered together as they all overlap and relate to each other. For example, preserving a natural channel will impact the layout of the site, and the layout of the site determines the extent of impervious area and optimal locations of structural BMPs.
==Additional resources==
===Better Site Design Handbook, Centre for Watershed Protection (1998) & Urban Design Compendium, English Partnerships (2007)===
<pdf width="600">File:Better-Site-Design-Handbook.pdf</pdf>
<pdf width="600">File:UrbanDesignCompendium.pdf</pdf>
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