Stormwater Detention and Retention Abilities of Green Roofs

World Water and Environmental Resources Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1639-1645

  DeNardo, J C ^a   Jarrett, A R ^a   Manbeck, H B ^a   Beattie, D J ^a   Berghage, R D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STORMWATER RETENTION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; DRAINAGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; INFILTRATION; POLYPROPYLENES; POROUS MATERIALS; RAIN; ROOFS; RUNOFF; STORMS; VEGETATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

WATER CONSERVATION;

EID: 1642517087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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