“…Typically, conservation subdivisions have homes clustered within a smaller area with each lot encompassing less than 1 acre (e.g., 0.25-0.5 acres), and the remaining area is left as open space (Arendt, 1996;Lenth et al, 2006). Seen as an alternative to sprawl, conservation subdivisions have been promoted as a benefit to wildlife (Arendt, 1996;Theobald et al, 1997;Till, 2001;Odell et al, 2003). Clustered development has found traction in planning and design fields and is viewed as a design methodology to create more natural communities, especially in the New Urbanist literature (Till, 2001;Zimmerman, 2001;Congress for the New Urbanism, 2007).…”