Design criteria of urban drainage infrastructures under climate change

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-208

  Mailhot, Alain ^a   Duchesne, Sophie ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Design criteria; Extreme rainfall event; Integrated stormwater management; Return period; Urban drainage; Urban infrastructure

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CRITERION; EXTREME RAINFALL; RETURN PERIODS; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE;

DESIGN; DRAINAGE; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; STORM SEWERS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DESIGN; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RETURN PERIOD; STORMWATER; URBAN DRAINAGE;

EID: 77949318645     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000023     Document Type: Article

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