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	River Islands development plan Master plan of River Islands. A new super levee surrounds a set of more-or-less conventional suburban housing neighborhoods.
	High Ground levee This so-called “high ground” levee is proposed to be built around Stewart Tract. Construction would take place inside of the existing levee, which would remain. This diagram gives a sense of how the levee and adjacent landscape might work, and describes some of the benefits of the new inner levee.
	Spanos Park West development Housing construction at Spanos Park West, west of Interstate 5 and within the Borrow Pit Exchange Authority. Despite its locatio
	Wine Factory Industrial-scale winery near Interstate 5, in the Delta’s Secondary Zone, and in the Borrow Pit Exchange Authority. The large-scale, often industrial or infrastructural, elements that are beginning to dominate this area need to be organized in more effective, sustainable ways.
	Sprinkler Guys Sod production on Terminous Tract.
	Sod farm sign The Delta’s increasing production of sod is replacing other crops as the agricultural market evolves.
	Sod farm irrigation Sod farm on Terminous Tract.
	Sartini Manor - Farm Labor Housing State-run farm workers’ camp near Thornton.
	Delta Plan Types Some of the Delta’s specific settlement patterns.
	Oxbow Marina, trailer morphology Oxbow Marina was created by breaching the levee wall and allowing water to enter. It is an example of Levee Urbanism principles in use already in the Delta.
	Oxbow Marina postcard Oxbow Marina is an dense community of retirees and boaters.
	Newport Drive, Discovery Bay Mark’s garden, corner of Newport Drive and Bolinas Place, Discovery Bay, Contra Costa County.
	Newport Dr cul-de-sac Mark’s garden, corner of Newport Drive and Bolinas Place, Discovery Bay, Contra Costa County.
	Levee Urbanism water view View of the Oxbow Marina-Style properties of Levee Urbanism. The space between, in front of, and and underneath the buildings would be habitat managed by property owners.
	Levee Urbanism exchange diagram Flood control and water quality infrastructure, habitat and recreation, managed urbanization using patterns already well-establsihed in the Delta.
	Levee Urbanism Center Place Center Place is created whereever major roads cross the Levee Urbanism area. It is a public place, a piazza in the estuary.
	Levee Urbanism constituents Groups whose interests converge in Levee Urbanism.
	Levee Urbanism buildings Diagram describing the various building kits possible on the Oxbow Marina-style properties of Levee Urbanism.
	Levee Bank Gardens, Saitama, Japan Levee Urbanism in the Delta would make property owners stewards of their little piece of levee.
	Housing Construction Spanos Park West housing under construction, winter 2004
	Borrow Pit Exchange Authority Diagram