Model application to assess effects of urbanisation and distributed flow controls on erosion potential and baseflow hydraulic habitat

Urban Water Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-107

  Elliott, Alexander H ^a   Spigel, Robert H ^a   Jowett, Ian G ^a   Shankar, S Ude ^a   Ibbitt, Richard P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Erosion; Hydraulic habitat; Low impact drainage; Stormwater modeling

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; EROSION CONTROL; INFILTRATION; MODELING; PREDICTION; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 77951477104     PISSN: 1573062X     EISSN: 17449006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15730620903447605     Document Type: Article

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