Impediments and solutions to sustainable, watershed-scale urban stormwater management: Lessons from Australia and the United States

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 344-359

  Roy, Allison H ^a   Wenger, Seth J ^b   Fletcher, Tim D ^c   Walsh, Christopher J ^c,d   Ladson, Anthony R ^c   Shuster, William D ^a   Thurston, Hale W ^a   Brown, Rebekah R ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Policy; Restoration; Stormwater runoff; Sustainability; Water resource management; Watershed protection

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENGINEERING STANDARDS; GROUNDWATER RECHARGING; HUMAN HEALTH; LOW-IMPACT DEVELOPMENT; POLICY; RESISTANCE TO CHANGE; RESTORATION; STORM WATER MANAGEMENT; STORM WATERS; STORMWATER RUNOFF; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; SUBURBAN AREAS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS; UNITED STATES; URBAN DESIGNS; URBAN STORM WATER; URBAN STORM WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER SENSITIVE; WATERSHED PROTECTION; WATERSHED SCALE;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; DEGRADATION; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; REUSABILITY; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; SOLUTIONS; STANDARDS; STORM SEWERS; SULFATE MINERALS; TECHNOLOGY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

STORM WATER; SURFACE WATER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RECHARGE; RECYCLING; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; SUBURBAN AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

AUSTRALIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; RAIN; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49849101420     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9119-1     Document Type: Review

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